The Routledge Companion to Media and Human Rights
London; New York: Routledge (2017), xix, 520 pp.
ISBN 978-1-315-61983-5 (pdf); 978-0-367-58122-0 (pbk)
Other editions: paperback ed. 2020
Signature commbox: 10-Rights-E 2017
"The Companion 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. 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: Communication, Expression and Human Rights; Media Performance and Human Rights: Political Processes, Media Performance and Human Rights: News and Journalism; Digital Activism, Witnessing and Human Rights; Media Representation of Human Rights: Cultural, Social and Political." (Publisher description)
1 Media and human rights: Mapping the field / Howard Tumber, 1
I. COMMUNICATION, EXPRESSION AND HUMAN RIGHTS
2 Expressing the changes: International perspectives on evolutions in the right to free expression / Guy Berger, 17
3 History of Media and Human Rights / Mark Hampton and Diana Lemberg, 30
4 Media freedom of expression at the Strasbourg Court: Current predictability of the standard of protection offered / Helen Fenwick, 39
5 Communication Freedoms versus Communication Rights: Discursive and normative struggles within civil society and beyond / Bart Cammaerts, 50
6 Freedom of Information and the Media / Ben Worthy, 60
7 Freedom of Expression and the Chilling Effect / Judith Townend, 73
8 Human Rights and Press Law / Julian Petley, 83
9 Human rights and the digital / Kari Karppinen, 95
10 Children's Rights in the Digital Age / Sonia Livingstone, 104
11 Media and Information Literacy (MIL): Taking the digital social turn for online freedoms and education 3.0 / Divina Frau-Meigs, 114
12 Theorising digital media cultures: The politics of watching and being watched / Gavin J.D. Smith, 126
13 All Human Rights are Local: The resiliency of social change / Jan Servaes, 136
II. MEDIA PERFORMANCE AND HUMAN RIGHTS: POLITICAL PROCESSES
14 Political Determinants of Media Freedom / Sebastian Stier, 149
15 Beyond the Binary of Universalism and Relativism: Iran, media and the discourse of human rights / Mehdi Semati, 158
16 Rights, Media and Mass-surveillance in a Digital Age / Emma L. Briant, 169
17 Civil Society and Political-Intelligence Elites: From manipulation to public accountability / Vian Bakir, 179
18 Foreign Policy, Media and Human Rights / Ekaterina Balabanova, 189
19 Public Diplomacy, Media and Human Rights / Amelia H. Arsenault, 198
III. MEDIA PERFORMANCE AND HUMAN RIGHTS: NEWS AND JOURNALISM
20 Global Media Ethics, Human Rights and Flourishing / Stephen J. A. Ward, 211
21 Investigative Journalism and Human Rights / Michael Bromley, 220
22 International Reporting / Giovanna Dell'Orto, 229
23 Global Violence Against Journalists: The power of impunity and emerging initiatives to evoke social change / Jeannine E. Relly and Celeste Gonzalez de Bustamante, 238
24 Civic Organizations, Human Rights and the News Media / Matthew Powers, 248
25 Rights and Responsibilities When Using User-generated Content to Report Crisis Events / Glenda Cooper, 257
26 Environment and Human Rights Activism, Journalism and 'The New War' / Libby Lester, 268
IV. DIGITAL ACTIVISM, WITNESSING AND HUMAN RIGHTS
27 Social media and human rights advocacy Ella McPherson, 279
28 All the world's a stage: The rise of transnational celebrity advocacy for human rights / Trevor Thrall and Dominik Stecula, 289
29 Social Media Reinvigorates Disability Rights Activism Globally / Beth A. Haller, 300
30 Media and LGBT Advocacy: Visibility and transnationalism in a digital age / Eve Ng, 309
31 Live-witnessing, slacktivism and surveillance: Understanding the opportunities, challenges and risks of human rights activism in a digital era / Summer Harlow, 318
32 Human rights and the media/protest assemblage / Stefania Milan, 327
33 Imaging Human Rights: On the ethical and political implications of picturing pain / Kari Anden-Papadopoulos, 337
34 Citizen Witnessing of Human Rights Abuses / Stuart Allan, 347
35 Video and Witnessing at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia / Sandra Ristovska, 357
36 Media, Human Rights and Forensic Science / Steven Livingston, 366
V. MEDIA REPRESENTATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS: CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL
37 Media, Culture and Human Rights: Towards an intercultural communication and human rights journalism nexus / Ibrahim Seaga Shaw, 377
38 Media and women's human rights / Barbara M. Freeman, 387
39 News Coverage of Female Genital Cutting: A seven country comparative study / Meghan Sobel, 396
40 Media, Human Rights and Religion / Jolyon Mitchell and Joshua Rey, 407
41 The Role of News Media in Fostering Children's Democratic Citizenship / Cynthia Carter, 416
42 News language and human rights: Audiences and outsiders / Martin Conboy, 426
43 Media, Human Rights and Political Discourse / Lisa Brooten, 436
44 Media, Human Rights and Refugees / Kerry Moore, 446
45 Labour journalism, human rights and social change / Anya Schiffrin and Beatrice Santa-Wood, 456
46 Public Safety / Sonja Wolf, 468
47 Prisoners, Human Rights and the Media / Paul Mason, 477
48 Changes in War-Making, Media and Human Rights: Revolution or repackaging? / Melissa Wall, 487
49 Media, Terrorism and Freedom of Expression / Brigitte L. Nacos, 496
I. COMMUNICATION, EXPRESSION AND HUMAN RIGHTS
2 Expressing the changes: International perspectives on evolutions in the right to free expression / Guy Berger, 17
3 History of Media and Human Rights / Mark Hampton and Diana Lemberg, 30
4 Media freedom of expression at the Strasbourg Court: Current predictability of the standard of protection offered / Helen Fenwick, 39
5 Communication Freedoms versus Communication Rights: Discursive and normative struggles within civil society and beyond / Bart Cammaerts, 50
6 Freedom of Information and the Media / Ben Worthy, 60
7 Freedom of Expression and the Chilling Effect / Judith Townend, 73
8 Human Rights and Press Law / Julian Petley, 83
9 Human rights and the digital / Kari Karppinen, 95
10 Children's Rights in the Digital Age / Sonia Livingstone, 104
11 Media and Information Literacy (MIL): Taking the digital social turn for online freedoms and education 3.0 / Divina Frau-Meigs, 114
12 Theorising digital media cultures: The politics of watching and being watched / Gavin J.D. Smith, 126
13 All Human Rights are Local: The resiliency of social change / Jan Servaes, 136
II. MEDIA PERFORMANCE AND HUMAN RIGHTS: POLITICAL PROCESSES
14 Political Determinants of Media Freedom / Sebastian Stier, 149
15 Beyond the Binary of Universalism and Relativism: Iran, media and the discourse of human rights / Mehdi Semati, 158
16 Rights, Media and Mass-surveillance in a Digital Age / Emma L. Briant, 169
17 Civil Society and Political-Intelligence Elites: From manipulation to public accountability / Vian Bakir, 179
18 Foreign Policy, Media and Human Rights / Ekaterina Balabanova, 189
19 Public Diplomacy, Media and Human Rights / Amelia H. Arsenault, 198
III. MEDIA PERFORMANCE AND HUMAN RIGHTS: NEWS AND JOURNALISM
20 Global Media Ethics, Human Rights and Flourishing / Stephen J. A. Ward, 211
21 Investigative Journalism and Human Rights / Michael Bromley, 220
22 International Reporting / Giovanna Dell'Orto, 229
23 Global Violence Against Journalists: The power of impunity and emerging initiatives to evoke social change / Jeannine E. Relly and Celeste Gonzalez de Bustamante, 238
24 Civic Organizations, Human Rights and the News Media / Matthew Powers, 248
25 Rights and Responsibilities When Using User-generated Content to Report Crisis Events / Glenda Cooper, 257
26 Environment and Human Rights Activism, Journalism and 'The New War' / Libby Lester, 268
IV. DIGITAL ACTIVISM, WITNESSING AND HUMAN RIGHTS
27 Social media and human rights advocacy Ella McPherson, 279
28 All the world's a stage: The rise of transnational celebrity advocacy for human rights / Trevor Thrall and Dominik Stecula, 289
29 Social Media Reinvigorates Disability Rights Activism Globally / Beth A. Haller, 300
30 Media and LGBT Advocacy: Visibility and transnationalism in a digital age / Eve Ng, 309
31 Live-witnessing, slacktivism and surveillance: Understanding the opportunities, challenges and risks of human rights activism in a digital era / Summer Harlow, 318
32 Human rights and the media/protest assemblage / Stefania Milan, 327
33 Imaging Human Rights: On the ethical and political implications of picturing pain / Kari Anden-Papadopoulos, 337
34 Citizen Witnessing of Human Rights Abuses / Stuart Allan, 347
35 Video and Witnessing at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia / Sandra Ristovska, 357
36 Media, Human Rights and Forensic Science / Steven Livingston, 366
V. MEDIA REPRESENTATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS: CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL
37 Media, Culture and Human Rights: Towards an intercultural communication and human rights journalism nexus / Ibrahim Seaga Shaw, 377
38 Media and women's human rights / Barbara M. Freeman, 387
39 News Coverage of Female Genital Cutting: A seven country comparative study / Meghan Sobel, 396
40 Media, Human Rights and Religion / Jolyon Mitchell and Joshua Rey, 407
41 The Role of News Media in Fostering Children's Democratic Citizenship / Cynthia Carter, 416
42 News language and human rights: Audiences and outsiders / Martin Conboy, 426
43 Media, Human Rights and Political Discourse / Lisa Brooten, 436
44 Media, Human Rights and Refugees / Kerry Moore, 446
45 Labour journalism, human rights and social change / Anya Schiffrin and Beatrice Santa-Wood, 456
46 Public Safety / Sonja Wolf, 468
47 Prisoners, Human Rights and the Media / Paul Mason, 477
48 Changes in War-Making, Media and Human Rights: Revolution or repackaging? / Melissa Wall, 487
49 Media, Terrorism and Freedom of Expression / Brigitte L. Nacos, 496
