Networked Press Freedom - Creating Infrastructures for a Public Right to Hear

Reimagining press freedom in a networked era: not just a journalist''s right to speak but also a public''s right to hear. In Seeing press freedom as essential for democratic self-governance, Ananny explores what publics need, what kind of free press they should demand, and how today''s press freedom emerges from intertwined collections of humans and machines. If someone says, “The public needs a free press,” Ananny urges us to ask in response, “What kind of public, what kind of freedom, and what kind of press?” Answering these questions shows what robust, self-governing publics need to demand of technologists and journalists alike.

About the author

Mike Ananny is Assistant Professor of Communication and Journalism in the Annenberg School at the University of Southern California and a Faculty Affiliate in USC's Science, Technology, and Society initiative and a Fellow with Columbia University's Tow Center for Digital Journalism.

Product details

• Authors: Mike Ananny
• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2023
• EAN: 9780262549660
• ISBN: 978-0-262-54966-0
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Media & Internet, Press & journalism, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, News media and journalism, Demonstrations & protest movements, Advertising & Society, Media studies: advertising and society