The Disputed Freedoms of a Disrupted Press, 9781032119977
Hardcover
Press freedom’s global contradictions: Navigating disruption, disinformation, and accountability now.

The Disputed Freedoms of a Disrupted Press

  • Hardcover

    146 pages

  • Release Date

    12 July 2023

Summary

The Disputed Freedoms of a Disrupted Press explores the origins, connections, and contradictions evident amongst divergent understandings of press freedom around the world.

Drawing on examples from various countries and cultures, this book distinguishes the universal right of free expression from the more complex and innately conditional liberties claimed by news media. It examines journalists’ common goals and norms in light of polarized and disordered information channels, …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781032119977
ISBN-10:1032119977
Author:Ivor Shapiro
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:Routledge
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:146
Release Date:12 July 2023
Weight:540g
Dimensions:216mm x 138mm
Series:Disruptions
About The Author

Ivor Shapiro

Ivor Shapiro is Scholar in Residence at the Centre for Free Expression, Toronto Metropolitan University. He is a former chair of that university’s School of Journalism, where he taught narrative reporting as well as media ethics and law until 2020. Shapiro’s scholarship on journalists’ professional identity and practice has been published in leading international journals and collections and he is an editorial board member of Journalism Studies. Previous roles have included chair of the ethics advisory committee of the Canadian Association of Journalists, principal investigator of the Canadian Worlds of Journalism Study, founding editor of J-Source.ca, managing editor of Chatelaine magazine, and contributing editor of Saturday Night.

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