Author : Freedom House
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0742566293
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (425 download)
Book Synopsis Freedom of the Press 2008 by : Freedom House
Download or read book Freedom of the Press 2008 written by Freedom House and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2009-01-16 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freedom House's annual press freedom index, now covering 195 countries and territories, has tracked trends in media freedom worldwide since 1980. Featuring an overview of the state of press freedom from senior researcher and editor Karin Deutsch Karlekar, Freedom of the Press 2008 provides comparative rankings and examines the legal environment for the media, political pressures that influence reporting, and economic factors that affect access to information. The survey is the most authoritative assessment of media freedom around the world. Its findings are widely utilized by policymakers, scholars, press freedom advocates, journalists, and international institutions.