The New Censorship: Inside the Global Battle for Media Freedom

by Joel Simon

Book Overview

Journalists are being imprisoned and killed in record numbers. Online surveillance is annihilating privacy, and the Internet can be brought under government control at any time. Joel Simon, the executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, warns that we can no longer assume that our global information ecosystem is stable, protected, and robust. Journalists are increasingly vulnerable to attack by authoritarian governments, militants,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023116064X
• ISBN13: 9780231160643
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher