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Freedom of expression in times of Covid-19: chilling effect in Hungary and Serbia
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Abstract New technologies have opened several risks to safety of journalists. More importantly, in the state of emergency caused by the Covid-19 outbreak, journalists and media actors have shifted their activities online more than ever, which also made them more prone to digital threats and attacks. In some ... mehr
New technologies have opened several risks to safety of journalists. More importantly, in the state of emergency caused by the Covid-19 outbreak, journalists and media actors have shifted their activities online more than ever, which also made them more prone to digital threats and attacks. In some regimes there are even organized intimidation campaigns against political opponents causing chilling effect and self-censorship, and jeopardizing freedom of expression in general. Hungary as a member of the European Union since 2004 and Serbia as a leading candidate to join the EU are two countries where the problems and concerns about media freedom is growing every day. The fear from the unknown during the international pandemic gave opportunity to some governments to hide their real political agendas and cover their desire for the 'good-old-fashioned' censorship. The number of countries where some kind of censorship could be found is growing every day. The authors will show two country-case-studies from Hungary and Serbia, where the leaders and the political situations are very similar and could show a (good or bad) example to other countries that would like to follow the illiberal views on media issues.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Meinungsfreiheit; Serbien; Pressefreiheit; Ungarn; Journalismus; Zensur; Online-Medien
Klassifikation
Medienpolitik, Informationspolitik, Medienrecht
Kommunikatorforschung, Journalismus
Freie Schlagwörter
Freedom of Expression; Chilling Effect; Covid-19
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2020
Seitenangabe
S. 14-29
Zeitschriftentitel
Journal of Liberty and International Affairs, 6 (2020) 2, Supp. 1
Heftthema
Human rights and civil liberties in the time of Covid-19
DOI
https://doi.org/10.47305/JLIA2060014c
ISSN
1857-9760
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)