More: Media
The Freedom to Travel
Enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 13), freedom of movement within a country and the right to leave and return has...
The Global Wars of the Mind
Our world of today is now extremely interconnected and interdependent, it is alive, thriving 24x7x365 and interactive, yet pulled apart, by minds scared and...
Turkey: Concern mounts over human rights implications of ‘disinformation bill’
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) expressed growing concern on Friday over the adoption by Turkiye’s Parliament of a package of amendments to various...
Five ways media and journalists can support climate action while tackling misinformation
It’s a fact: media shapes the public discourse about climate change and how to respond to it. Even the UN’s own Intergovernmental Panel of...
Does America Want Putin Dead? Russia and the Reverse Pygmalion Effect
In a word, yes. In two words, hell yes.
Please note this is not going to be a commentary trying to be scandalous, libelous, or...
Explainer: European Media Freedom Act
The aim of the European Media Freedom Act is to protect media pluralism and independence in the EU single market, where media can operate...
Looking Behind The Evening News: True Origins Of America’s Political Decline
“The readers of the Boston Evening Transcript, Sway in the wind like a field of ripe corn.”-T S Eliot
For the most part, what Americans...
Petros Iosifidis on media policy and communication
Petros Iosifidis is the Professor of Media Policy at City, University of London, UK. He is the author of 9 books in contemporary media...
Abu Akleh shooting: fatal shot came from Israeli forces
Israeli forces were behind the fatal shooting of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the West Bank - not indiscriminate Palestinian firing -...
The Media Fog of War: Propaganda in the Ukraine-Russia Conflict
The current conflict between Russia and Ukraine has once again opened up the old wounds of east vs. west, continuing the long-established tradition of...