For functioning well, the media need democracy as much as democracy needs the media. This is the starting point of this analysis of the delicate relation between the news media and democracy which is well defined in constitutional terms both in the European Convention on Human Rights and in national legislation. The relation is best described as social contract – to the benefit of freedom of speech and editorial independence, but also to sound governance of the state and other powerholders in society. Notably, different models of democracy correspond to different roles of the media. In any case, however, media policy is requested to respect media freedom. The Internet, as well as social and networked media require policy answers to challenges such as data protection, content blocking and surveillance. The authors conclude that media policy tools need to be developed along the all-digital media future.
Über den Autor
‚Hannu Nieminen (Ph.D., University of Westminster, London) is Professor of Media and Communications Policy at the Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki, Finland. From 2013, he is an Expert in Public Service for the Administrative Council of Yle (Finland’s national Public Service Broadcasting company). He is a member of the Euromedia Research Group (from 2009) as well as a member of the Board of Nordicom (2010–18).‘
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