Overview
- Offers a comprehensive introduction to epistemic rights as a central public policy issue
- Features analyses of epistemic rights both as a theoretical concept and as empirical cases
- Demonstrates the impact of epistemic inequality on the crisis of democracy
- This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access
Part of the book series: Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research - A Palgrave and IAMCR Series (GTMCR)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Foundations
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Concepts and Issues
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National and Regional Cases
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Implications
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About this book
This open-access volume argues that in a functioning democracy, citizens should be equally capable of making informed choices about matters of social importance. This includes citizens accessing all relevant information and knowledge necessary for informed will formation. In today's complex era of digital disruption, it is not enough to simply speak about communication or even digital rights. The starting point for this volume is the need for 'epistemic equality'.
The contributors seek to showcase the history and diversity of current debates around communication and digital rights, as precursors for the need for epistemic rights; both as a theoretical concept and an empirically assessed benchmark. The book highlights scholarship via academic case studies from around the world to feature different issues and methodological approaches, as well as similarities in academic and policy challenges across the globe.
The goal is to provide an overview of issues that depict challenges to epistemic rights, extract both academic and applied policy implications of different approaches, and end with a set of recommendations for advancing policy-relevant scholarship on epistemic rights. This volume is intended as the first holistic response to an urgent need to address epistemic rights of communication as a central public policy issue, as an academic analytical concept, as well as a central theme for informed public debate.
This book is open-access, meaning you have free and unlimited access.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Minna Aslama Horowitz is Docent at the University of Helsinki, Finland, a Fellow at the Media and Journalism Research Centre, UK, and St. John’s University, New York, USA.
Hannu Nieminen is Professor Emeritus of media and communications policy, at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and Professor of Communication, at Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania. Currently, he is also Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.
Katja Lehtisaari is a Senior Lecturer in Journalism at Tampere University, Finland, and Docent at the University of Helsinki, Finland.
Alessandro D'Arma is Reader in Media and Communication and Director of the CAMRI PhD Programme, University of Westminster, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Epistemic Rights in the Era of Digital Disruption
Editors: Minna Aslama Horowitz, Hannu Nieminen, Katja Lehtisaari, Alessandro D'Arma
Series Title: Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research - A Palgrave and IAMCR Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45976-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-45975-7Published: 05 January 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-45978-8Published: 05 January 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-45976-4Published: 03 January 2024
Series ISSN: 2634-5978
Series E-ISSN: 2634-5986
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 226
Topics: Digital/New Media, Political Science, Media Policy