Freedom of the media
Abstract
This paper analyzes the importance of the freedom of the media and the freedom of expression as universal democratic values. The paper also highlights the greatest enemies of the freedom of the media, and contains the most important measures and criteria established by international organizations and institutions whose primary mission is fighting for the improvement of the freedom of the media and the freedom of expression worldwide. In addition, the paper processes the issue of censorship and self-censorship as restriction factors for the freedom of the media and the freedom of information.
Keywords: media, freedom of media, freedom of expression, censorship, self-censorship.
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