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Forbidden literature: case studies on censorship
"Freedom of the printed word is a defining feature of the modern world. Yet censorship and the suppression of literature never cease, and remain topical issues even in the most liberal of democracies. Today just as in the past, advances in media technology are followed by new regulatory mechanisms. Similarly, any attempt to control cultural expression inevitably spurs fresh discussions about fr…
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- 9789188909084
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- 264p.: ill.
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- 801.9 FOR f
Losing control: freedom of the press in Asia
A free press is not a luxury. A free press is at the absolute core of equitable development' according to World Bank President James Wolfensohn. A free press is also the key to transparency and good governance and is an indispensable feature of a democracy. So how does Asia rate? In Losing Control, leading journalists analyse the state of play in all the countries of North Asia and Southeast As…
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- 9781925021431
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- 282 p.; 22 cm.
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- 323.445095 WIl l
Access controlled : the shaping of power, rights, and rule in cyberspace
Reports on a new generation of Internet controls that establish a new normative terrain in which surveillance and censorship are routine.Internet filtering, censorship of Web content, and online surveillance are increasing in scale, scope, and sophistication around the world, in democratic countries as well as in authoritarian states. The first generation of Internet controls consisted largely …
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- 978-0262514354
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- XVI, 617 p.
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- Information Revolution and Global Politics
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- 005.8 ACC a
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