Essays about: "the freedom of expression"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 138 essays containing the words the freedom of expression.

1. 16. A Case Study on social media : platforms for freedom or tyranny?

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Maen Rahmoun; [2023]
   Keywords : social media; Arab spring revolutions; freedom; tyranny.; sociala medier; arabiska vårens revolutioner; frihet; tyranni.;

   Abstract : Some assert that social media has contributed in one way or another to organizing the work of revolutionaries and those seeking freedom and democracy on its platforms and has provided them with a space to express their opinion against authoritarian regimes. However, the information policies of the companies behind social media can discourage activists and enable authoritarian regimes. READ MORE

3. 17. Disinformation - An existential threat to European democracy?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Helena Nyqvist; [2023]
   Keywords : Disinformation; Securitisation; Policy discourse; European Union; Digital Services Act; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : In recent years the unprecedented spread of disinformation on online platforms, along with declining trust in government, journalism, and institutions, has consequently led the EU to regard disinformation as an urgent threat to democracy. To address the threat the EU decided in 2022 on the groundbreaking Digital Services Act (DSA) legislation, targeting digital platforms. READ MORE

4. 18. Free(doom) of Expression: An Analysis of the ECtHR’s Application of the ECHR Values and Principles on Case-Law on Freedom of Expression in Türkiye (2003-2022)

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

   Author : Turku Cebi; [2023]
   Keywords : European Court of Human Rights; European Convention on Human Rights; freedom of expression; Article 10; victimhood; victim status; state of exception; parrhesia; dissenting opinions; violation; non-violation; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The issue of freedom of expression in the context of Turkey and the European Court of Human Rights (‘ECtHR’ or ‘the Court’) has been widely discussed from legal perspectives. Especially, with the changing political, legal and social dynamics in Turkey within 2003-2022, the case-law of the Court increased by a considerable amount. READ MORE

5. 19. Rethinking Imaginaries: A Discussion on the Swedish Tradition of Openness, the GDPR, and the Case of Publication Certificates

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

   Author : Diana Stefania Grigorescu; [2023]
   Keywords : openness; freedom of expression; privacy; data protection; GDPR; social imaginary; ideology; utopia; Swedish Riksdag; social reality; European Studies; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Sweden has an almost three-century-long tradition of openness, whose principles are enshrined in the state’s fundamental laws. When the revolution of the Internet was in full bloom at the turn of the century, with new forms of mass communication innovating the media landscape, Sweden saw the opportunity to strengthen freedom of expression and information, as one of the main pillars of openness. READ MORE

6. 20. ''You may exile the journalist, but you can not exile journalism" : a case study of exiled journalists from Turkey living in Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

   Author : Irem Cörekci; [2023]
   Keywords : exile journalism; diaspora; diasporic ambivalences; identity; freedom of expression; censorship; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Turkey, the country of failed and "successful" military coups, experienced the latest coup attempt on July 15, 2016, in which it is still unclear how, why, and by whom it originated. However, after this critical event, Turkish media and critical journalists were subjected to very strict censorship and repression. READ MORE