The New Censorship: Inside the Global Battle for Media Freedom - Columbia Journalism Review Books

The executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists discusses the crucial role played by journalists and the importance of keeping those on the front lines safe from authoritarian governments, militants, criminals, and terrorists, who try to stifle their free-expression.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: A Murder in Pakistan
1. Informing the Global Citizen
2. The Democratators
3. The Terror Dynamic
4. Hostage to the News
5. Web Wars
6. Under Surveillance
7. Murder Central
8. Journalists by Definition
9. News of the Future (and the Future of News)
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

About the author

Joel Simon

Report

"Joel Simon is a warrior for press freedom and the place of journalists in every culture and country. Here he writes with characteristic passion and insight on the importance of fighting press censorship around the world, reminding us we have new tools, but old demons remain." - Tom Brokaw, NBC News

Product details

• Authors: Joel Simon, Simon Joel
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.12.2014
• EAN: 9780231160643
• ISBN: 978-0-231-16064-3
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 228 mm x 23 mm
• Series: Columbia Journalism Review Books; Columbia Journalism Review Boo
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LAW / Media & the Law, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Censorship, LAW / Entertainment, Entertainment & media law, Ethical Issues: Censorship, Media, Information & Communication Industries, Entertainment and media law