Routledge Companion to Media and Human Rights

<p><em>The Routledge Companion to Media and Human Rights</em> offers a comprehensive and contemporary survey of the key themes approaches and debates in the field of media and human rights.</p><br/><br/><p>The <em>Companion</em> is the first collection to bring together two distinct ways of thinking about human rights and media including scholarship that examines media as a human right alongside that which looks at media coverage of human rights issues. This international collection of 49 newly written pieces thus provides a unique overview of current research in the field while also providing historical context to help students and scholars appreciate how such developments depart from past practices.</p><br/><br/><p>The volume examines the universal principals of freedom of expression legal instruments the right to know media as a human right and the role of media organisations and journalistic work. It is organised thematically in five parts: </p><br/><br/><p></p><br/><br/><p></p><br/><br/><ul><br/><br/><li>Communication Expression and Human Rights</li><br/><br/></ul><br/><br/><p></p><br/><br/><p></p><br/><br/><p></p><br/><br/><ul><br/><br/><li>Media Performance and Human Rights: Political Processes</li><br/><br/></ul><br/><br/><p></p><br/><br/><p></p><br/><br/><p></p><br/><br/><ul><br/><br/><li>Media Performance and Human Rights: News and Journalism</li><br/><br/></ul><br/><br/><p></p><br/><br/><p></p><br/><br/><p></p><br/><br/><ul><br/><br/><li>Digital Activism Witnessing and Human Rights</li><br/><br/></ul><br/><br/><p></p><br/><br/><p></p><br/><br/><p></p><br/><br/><ul><br/><br/><li>Media Representation of Human Rights: Cultural Social and Political.</li><br/><br/></ul><br/><br/><p></p><br/><br/><p></p><br/><br/><p>Individual essays cover an array of topics including mass-surveillance LGBT advocacy press law freedom of information and children's rights in the digital age. With contributions from both leading scholars and emerging scholars the <em>Companion </em>offers an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approach to media and human rights allowing for international comparisons and varying perspectives.</p><br/><br/><p>The Routledge Companion to Media and Human Rights provides a comprehensive introduction to the current field useful for both students and researchers and defines the agenda for future research.</p>