The Handbook of Communication Rights, Law, and Ethics

Discover how modern technological realities shape freedoms of expression and opinion with this comprehensive resource.

The Handbook of Communication Rights, Law, and Ethics delivers an extensive review of the challenges facing modern communication rights. It offers readers an examination of the interplay between communication law and ethics and the role played by communication professionals in protecting individuals' rights to communication.

Distinguished authors Loreto Corredoira, Ignacio Bel Mallén and Rodrigo Cetina Presuel walk readers through the fundamental ideas and concepts that represent universal common ground regarding communication rights. They compare communication rights theories developed in Europe, the United States, Latin America, Australia, and East Asia to describe how communication-related freedoms and rights are formulated and applied around the world. Finally, the meaning of the phrases "freedom of expression" and "freedom of the press" are examined in the context of national constitutions and international human rights instruments.The Handbook of Communication Rights, Law, and Ethics provides readers with:

• A diverse, global perspective on how communication rights are protected and challenged around the world

• A universal vision of communication rights that encourages dialogue rather than confrontation

• A comparison of the American First Amendment of the Constitution with European communication rights theories and other legal traditions around the world

• An exploration of the frontiers of communication rights concepts, terminology, jurisdiction, and territoriality

Perfect for professors, graduate students, doctoral students, and postdoctoral researchers studying communication rights and freedom of expression around the world, The Handbook of Communication Rights, Law, and Ethics also belongs on the bookshelves of researchers studying issues surrounding freedom of the press in North America, Europe, and Latin America.

Auteur

Loreto Corredoira is Professor of Communication Law at Complutense University in the School of Communication and Jean Monnet Chair in Audiovisual Media Heritage. She is co-Principal Investigator of the R&D Project Guarantees against disinformation in electoral processes. Cibersecurity and other information disorders in Social Network which has studied Cyberlaw in Spain since 1998.

Ignacio Bel is Professor of Communication Law at Complutense University and Professor of Communication Ethics at CEU-San Pablo and the IEB. He is the President of the International Forum of Communication Law and Ethics (FIEDI). He served for 25 years as Director of Communication at the IESE Business School at the University of Navarra in Madrid.

Rodrigo Cetina Presuel is a Researcher at the Institute for Global Law and Policy at Harvard law School where he conducts research about how private entities shape the digital public communication sphere. He is the United States East Coast Ambassador of IAMCR and co-Chair of the IAMCR Law section. He has taught Communication at Lasell University and Emerson College.

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HANDBOOKS IN COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA

Discover how modern technological realities shape freedoms of expression and opinion with this comprehensive resource.

The Handbook of Communication Rights, Law, and Ethics delivers an extensive review of the challenges facing modern communication rights. It offers readers an examination of the interplay between communication law and ethics and the role played by communication professionals in protecting individuals' rights to communication.

Distinguished authors Loreto Corredoira, Ignacio Bel Mallén and Rodrigo Cetina Presuel walk readers through the fundamental ideas and concepts that represent universal common ground regarding communication rights. They compare communication rights theories developed in Europe, the United States, Latin America, Australia, and East Asia to describe how communication-related freedoms and rights are formulated and applied around the world. Finally, the meaning of the phrases freedom of expression and freedom of the press are examined in the context of national constitutions and international human rights instruments. The Handbook of Communication Rights, Law, and Ethics provides readers with:

• A diverse, global perspective on how communication rights are protected and challenged around the world
• A universal vision of communication rights that encourages dialogue rather than confrontation
• A comparison of the American First Amendment of the Constitution with European communication rights theories and other legal traditions around the world
• An exploration of the frontiers of communication rights concepts, terminology, jurisdiction, and territoriality
  Perfect for professors, graduate students, doctoral students, and postdoctoral researchers studying communication rights and freedom of expression around the world, The Handbook of Communication Rights, Law, and Ethics also belongs on the bookshelves of researchers studying issues surrounding freedom of the press in North America, Europe, and Latin America.

Contenu

Preface viii
Monroe E. Price

Introduction 1
Rodrigo Cetina Presuel and Loreto Corredoira

Part I Communication Rights: Principles 7

1. Freedom as the Essential Basis for Communication Rights 9
   Ignacio Bel Mallén

2. Dignity, a Revolutionary Principle in a Cosmopolitan Society 20
   Javier Gomá Lanzón

3. Communication Rights in an Internet-Based Society: Why Is the Principle of Universality So Important? 30
   Loreto Corredoira

4. Communication Rights in the United Nations System: From Declarations to "Soft Law" 47
   Leopoldo Abad Alcalá

5. Universality vs. Standardization: The Privatization of Communication Rights on Social Media 57
   Rodrigo Cetina Presuel

6. United States and International Communication Rights Frameworks and the Pursuit of Global Consensus 75
   Erik Ugland

Part II Communication Rights: A Study of Subjects and Messages 87

7. Communication Rights and Their Messages: News, Opinions, Ideas, and Advertising 89
   Ignacio Bel Mallén

8. Subjects of Communication Rights: A Special Study of Minors 100
   Isabel Serrano Maíllo

9. News: Objectivity and Truth 111
   Justino Sinova

10. Journalists, Confidentiality, and Sources 121
    Lorenzo Cotino Hueso

11. Addressing the Risks of Harms Caused by Disinformation: European vs. US Approaches to Testing the Limits of Dignity and Freedom of Expression Online 135
    Divina Frau-Meigs

12. The Law and Ethics of Journalism in a Changing World: New Professional Realities and Challenges for Communication Professionals 147
    Fernando Gutiérrez Atala

Part III Studies in Comparative Communication Law 157

13. Data Protection as a Limit to Communication Rights: A General Vision of Data Protection in Europe 159
    José Martínez Soria

14. Regulation of Internet Intermediaries and Communication Rights 172
    Joan Barata

15. Imperiling Community Memory: The European Right to be Forgotten's Tampering of Search Engine Results 185
    Kristie Byrum

16. The Crime of Historical Denialism as a Limit to the Freedom of Expression 195
    Germán M. Teruel Lozano

17. Hate Speech in the United States and Abroad: Finding Common Ground 205
    Chris Demaske

18. Political Communication and Electoral Campaigns in Europe: The Search for International Standards 217
    Rafael Rubio

19. One Servant Cannot Serve Two Masters: A Struggle for Divided Loyalties of Media Regulation in Hong Kong 228
    Grace Leung and Richard Wu

20. Latin American Thinking in Communication and Advances in Communication Rights 241
    Rolando Guevara-Martínez

21. Media Disorder and the Future of Journalism: International Developments and the Challenge of WikiLeaks 253 …