[Commlist] New Book: Censorship, Digital Media and the Global Crackdown on Freedom of Expression

New book

Censorship, Digital Media and the Global Crackdown on Freedom of 
Expression edited by Robin Andersen, Nolan Higdon and Steve Macek.

Available now at https://www.peterlang.com/document/1312278

Censorship, Digital Media and the Global Crackdown on Freedom of 
Expression explores the rising global phenomenon of censorship across 
various media platforms, in schools, universities, and public spaces. It 
documents physical assaults, legal restrictions, and the exclusion of 
critical topics from public discourse. This volume analyzes contemporary 
censorship methods, emphasizing the anti-democratic implications and the 
threat to civil society, human rights, and global democracy. It delves 
into the dangerous consequences of suppressing dialogue, information 
dissemination, and educational materials, providing insight into the 
challenges faced by critical media literacy and activists. The book 
advocates for policy alternatives, including economic restructuring of 
media, global agreements on freedom of the press, and educational 
strategies to preserve global freedom of expression.



Table of Contents

Introduction- Robin Andersen, Nolan Higdon and Steve Macek

Part 1 Rolling Back Freedom of Speech and Expression

Chapter 1

From Afghanistan to Ukraine: War, Disinformation, and Censorship

Robin Andersen

Chapter 2

Censorship by Proxy and Moral Panics in the Digital Era

Andy Lee Roth, avram anderson, and Mickey Huff

Chapter 3

The Fake News Crusaders: Exploring the People and Practices That Spread 
Fake News

While Working to Fight It

Nolan Higdon

Chapter 4

Weak, Collapsing, or Resilient Media Ecosystems?

Three Scenarios for the Future of Climate Crisis News

Antonio Lopez

Chapter 5

Silencing the Students: Attacks on Freedom of the Press on Campus

John K. Wilson



Chapter 6

Automating Market Censorship: Authoritarianism and Democracy in the 
Twenty-first Century

Sue Curry Jansen

Chapter 7

The Delusion of Power: Investigating the Myth of Social Media User Power

in the Age of Big-Tech Censorship

Nolan Higdon

Chapter 8

Showstoppers: Can the Pentagon Shoot Down a Film?

Roger Stahl

Chapter 9

Judgement Based on Gender: Patriarchy as a Tool of Censorship

Allison Butler

Chapter 10

The Fascist Right, Rightwing Media, and the War on Critical Race Theory

Anthony DiMaggio

Chapter 11

Rightwing Attacks on Academic Freedom in Hungary, Turkey and the US

Steve Macek

Part 2 The Global Crackdown

Chapter 12

A Fate Worse Than Censorship: The UK, WikiLeaks, and Julian Assange

Kevin John McEvoy

Chapter 13

When the Crackdown is a Coup: Informational Autocracy and Media in Myanmar

Lisa Brooten

Chapter 14

Censorship and the Emperor’s Fake Clothes:

Media Repression in the Philippines from Marcos to Duterte

Amy Forbes & Gary Mariano

Chapter 15

Israel and Saudi Arabia: The Killing of Journalists Shireen Abu Akleh 
and Jamal Khashoggi, and the End of Meaningful Human Rights Discourse in 
US Policy

Robin Andersen

Chapter 16

The Brazilian Far-Right, Academic Freedom,

 and the Defense of Democracy

James Green

Chapter 17

How to Remove a Dictator: People, Power, and Media in Uganda

Kalemba Kitzo

Chapter 18

News Media Censorship and Platform Control in Venezuela: Back to the Future!

 Jairo Lugo-Ocando and Monica Marchesi

Chapter 19

Repression and Restrictions on Internet Freedom of Expression: The Great 
Firewall of China, and the Loss of Democracy in India

Arthur Hayes and Robin Andersen

Chapter 20

From Egypt to Qatar: Media Coverage of World Events, Hidden Conflicts 
and Human Rights Violations in the Middle East

Robin Andersen

Chapter 21

Mexican Journalists Under Siege: Between the Harassment of Local 
Governments and the Lethal Violence of Organized Crime

Juan S. Larrosa-Fuentes

Chapter 22

Elon Musk, Twitter, Ukraine and Iran: “Free-Speech Outsider” or 
Essential Partner in the Military Industrial Complex

Alan MacLeod

Conclusion

Robin Andersen, Nolan Higdon and Steve Macek
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