As authoritarian governments around the world develop sophisticated technologies for
controlling information, many observers have predicted that these controls would be …

The four theories of the press have long dominated in journalism education and research
and arguably do a good job of describing media systems in the West. However, it is hard to …

Since 2003, Hong Kong has witnessed a series of large-scale protests which have
constituted the core of a reinvigorated pro-democracy movement. What drove tens of …

Media self-censorship refers to nonexternally compelled acts committed by media
organizations aiming to avoid offending power holders such as the government, advertisers …

Today's communicative environment, including the rise of social media, makes journalists
perform publicly as both professionals and private citizens. In these circumstances, practices …

This article argues that today in Central and Eastern Europe self-censorship, journalistic
freedom and autonomy are just as severely affected by economic constraints, oligarchic …

Location, locality, and localism have long been important characteristics of news, but their
functions have been given a dramatic twist with the advent of locative, mobile media. The …

Most observers argued that press freedom in Hong Kong has been declining continually
over the past 15 years. This article examines the problem of press freedom from the …

Deliberation is typically theorized as a normative ideal that can only be accomplished
momentarily. Drawing from practical theory, this essay develops the concept of deliberative …

Studies about media self-censorship typically focus on its mechanism in traditional
newsroom settings. But how media self-censorship may evolve in online journalism has …