“Media Freedom Under Siege” Readings

October 2, 2021 Readings: “Media Freedom Under Siege”

• Summary of Materials and Other Key Resources
• “Opinion: Apple and Google are showing Putin just how much he can get away with” by the Washington Post Editorial Board (The Washington Post)
  • PDF File
  • Website Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/18/apple-google-are-showing-putin-just-how-much-he-can-get-away-with/
• “Opinion: Democracy Is Weakening Right in Front of Us” by Thomas B. Edsall (The New York Times)
  • PDF File
  • Website Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/17/opinion/digital-revolution-democracy-fake-news.html
•  “Opinion: How do liberty and human rights survive the age of the Internet?” by David Von Drehle (The Washington Post)
  • PDF File
  • Website Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-do-liberty-and-human-rights-survive-the-age-of-the-internet/2021/01/08/07cedfca-51d7-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html
• “Opinion: The Growing Threat to Journalism Around the World” by A. G. Sulzberger (The New York Times)
  • PDF File
  • Website Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/23/opinion/press-freedom-arthur-sulzberger.html

Resources from Presentation

• Thussu, Daya Kishan.  “Chapter 1: The Historical Context of International Communication.” International Communication: Continuity and Change. 3rd Ed.  Bloomsbury Academic, 2019. pp 1-39
• Thussu. “Chapter 2: Approaches to Theorizing International Communication.” pp 39-74
• Norris, Pippa. “Comparing Cross-border Information Flows and their Effects.” The Handbook of Comparative Communication Research. Ed. Frank Esser and Thomas Hanitzsch. Sage, 2012. pp 353-366