Freedom of expression
By: Alicia Cafferty Lerner and Adrienne Wilmoth Lerner, book editors.
Contributors: Lerner, Alicia Cafferty.; Lerner, Adrienne Wilmoth.
Series: Global viewpoints
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9780737741544; 9780737741551
Subjects: Freedom of the press; Censorship; Freedom of expression; Mass media -- Censorship; Freedom of speech
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Freedom of the press. Turkey limits writer's freedom of expression / Richard Lea; title: Russian journalists risk murder in the face of government-censored  media / Matthias Schepp, Christian Neef and Uwe Klussmann; title: Kenyan press freedom was compromised in the wake of the 2007 election / Susan Linnee; title: China's media restrictions are substantial but may decrease as the economy expands / Carin Zissis and Preeti Bhattacharji; title: In Slovakia and throughout Eastern Europe, media freedom has declined / The economist; title: Italian journalists self-censor to avoid recriminations from government leaders / Kirstin Hausen; title: England's press must seek a balance between free speech and respect for others / Simon Jenkins; title: Thai media are censored by the government / Marwaan Macan-Markar; title: Artistic expression and censorship. India's onscreen smoking ban is criticized as artistic censorship / The economic times; title: Malaysian artists begin to take their work from home to public galleries / Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop and Lorien Holland; title: Iranian law prohibits women from singing solo in public FreeMuse; title: Vietnam attempts to censor artists / Roger Mitton; title: Zimbabwe's President attempts to silence dissent staged in political satires / Robyn Dixon; title: North Korea's Comminist regime strictly controls art and archaeology / Mitch Davis; title: Internet censorship. Palestinian leaders block access to pornographic websites in Gaza / Kuwait times; title: Thailand and Turkey ban You Tube website / The economist; title: China hires Internet commentators to stifle dissent / Jonathan Watts; title: Iranian bloggers face harassment / Lara Sukhtian; title: The European Union wants to block Internet searches for bomb recipes / David Charter and Jonathan Richards; title: Political expression. Political message may keep song out of contest / Donald Macintyre; title: Islamic governments collide with freedom of expression / Maryam Namazie; title: Americans learn that online political expression can have repercussions in the workplace / Rebecca Knowles and Lillian Cunningham; title: Tibet's freedom of expression is questioned after the arrest of  a political demonstrator / Phurbu Thinley; title: Northern Ireland's political murals are censored for the peace process / Brendan O'Neill.