Human Rights Internet Newsletter
Title | Human Rights Internet Newsletter PDF eBook |
Author | Human Rights Internet |
Publisher | |
Pages | 616 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Civil rights |
ISBN |
The Internet at Five
Title | The Internet at Five PDF eBook |
Author | Human Rights Internet |
Publisher | |
Pages | 24 |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | Human rights |
ISBN |
Making Human Rights News
Title | Making Human Rights News PDF eBook |
Author | John C. Pollock |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 294 |
Release | 2018-10-18 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1351711156 |
Making Human Rights News: Balancing Participation and Professionalism explores the impact of new digital technology and activism on the production of human rights messages. It is the first collection of studies to combine multidisciplinary approaches, "citizen witness" challenges to journalism ethics, and expert assessments of the "liberating role" of the Internet, addressing the following questions: 1. What can scholars from a wide range of disciplines – including communication studies, journalism, sociology, political science, and international relations/studies – add to traditional legal and political human rights discussions, exploring the impact of innovative digital information technologies on the gathering and dissemination of human rights news? 2. What questions about journalism ethics and professionalism arise as growing numbers of untrained "citizen witnesses" use modern mobile technology to document claims of human rights abuses? 3. What are the limits of the "liberating role" of the Internet in challenging traditional sources of authority and credibility, such as professional journalists and human rights professionals? 4. How do greater Internet access and human rights activism interact with variations in press freedom and government censorship worldwide to promote respect for different categories of human rights, such as women's rights and rights to health? This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Human Rights.
Human Rights in the Digital Age
Title | Human Rights in the Digital Age PDF eBook |
Author | Mathias Klang |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 2016-09-01 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 113531019X |
The digital age began in 1939 with the construction of the first digital computer. In the sixty-five years that have followed, the influence of digitisation on our everyday lives has grown steadily and today digital technology has a greater influence on our lives than at any time since its development. This book examines the role played by digital technology in both the exercise and suppression of human rights. The global digital environment has allowed us to reinterpret the concept of universal human rights. Discourse on human rights need no longer be limited by national or cultural boundaries and individuals have the ability to create new forms in which to exercise their rights or even to bypass national limitations to rights. The defence of such rights is meanwhile under constant assault by the newfound ability of states to both suppress and control individual rights through the application of these same digital technologies. This book gathers together an international group of experts working within this rapidly developing area of law and technology and focuses their attantion on the specific interaction between human rights and digital technology. This is the first work to explore the challenges brought about by digital technology to fundamental freedoms such as privacy, freedom of expression, access, assembly and dignity. It is essential reading for anyone who fears digital technology will lead to the 'Big Brother' state.
Index to the Human Rights Internet Newsletter, Vol.4,no.1 to Vol.5
Title | Index to the Human Rights Internet Newsletter, Vol.4,no.1 to Vol.5 PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 24 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Human Rights Internet Reporter
Title | Human Rights Internet Reporter PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 124 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Civil rights |
ISBN |
Human Rights in the Age of Platforms
Title | Human Rights in the Age of Platforms PDF eBook |
Author | Rikke Frank Jorgensen |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Pages | 391 |
Release | 2019-11-19 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0262039052 |
Scholars from across law and internet and media studies examine the human rights implications of today's platform society. Today such companies as Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Twitter play an increasingly important role in how users form and express opinions, encounter information, debate, disagree, mobilize, and maintain their privacy. What are the human rights implications of an online domain managed by privately owned platforms? According to the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, adopted by the UN Human Right Council in 2011, businesses have a responsibility to respect human rights and to carry out human rights due diligence. But this goal is dependent on the willingness of states to encode such norms into business regulations and of companies to comply. In this volume, contributors from across law and internet and media studies examine the state of human rights in today's platform society. The contributors consider the “datafication” of society, including the economic model of data extraction and the conceptualization of privacy. They examine online advertising, content moderation, corporate storytelling around human rights, and other platform practices. Finally, they discuss the relationship between human rights law and private actors, addressing such issues as private companies' human rights responsibilities and content regulation. Contributors Anja Bechmann, Fernando Bermejo, Agnès Callamard, Mikkel Flyverbom, Rikke Frank Jørgensen, Molly K. Land, Tarlach McGonagle, Jens-Erik Mai, Joris van Hoboken, Glen Whelan, Jillian C. York, Shoshana Zuboff, Ethan Zuckerman Open access edition published with generous support from Knowledge Unlatched and the Danish Council for Independent Research.