[Air-L] Corporate censorship of political discourse?

[Luis Hestres]

Hi Charles,  

I just published a piece in the International Journal of Communication that could be helpful for your presentation. It's called "App Neutrality: Apple’s App Store and Freedom of Expression Online."

http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/1904

Hope that helps,

Luis  

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Luis E. Hestres
Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University
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On Tuesday, July 2, 2013 at 11:48 PM, Charles Ess wrote:

> Dear AoIRists,
>  
> I've been asked to develop a presentation on the future of freedom of
> expression in online environments, including discussion of multiple ways in
> which - in addition to whatever governments may be up to in different
> contexts and ways - the private enterprises that increasingly dominate and
> control much of our online spaces and infrastructures censor political
> speech and expression.
>  
> One example passed on to me was of a well-established professional in a
> European country (i.e., not fitting the profile of terrorist, anarchist, or
> even leftist) who posted comments on his/her SNS page critical of the U.S.
> These comments disappeared from the page without notice or explanation.
>  
> I would be very grateful for:
> 1) recommendations for careful studies of such events and phenomena which
> include reliable documentation of their occurrence? (Yes, I realize that
> documenting and studying such episodes would be extremely tricky and
> difficult.)
> And/or
> 2) well documented anecdotes or examples (e.g., as reported in a reliable
> newspaper of record) of such episodes?
>  
> Please send these along offlist. I will, of course, more than happily
> credit the sources and authors of any examples and resources collected and
> used for the presentation (unless anonymity is requested instead).
>  
> Many thanks in advance,
> - charles ess
>  
> Professor in Media Studies
> Department of Media and Communication
> Director, Centre for Research on Media Innovations
> <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/research/center/media-innovations/>
>  
> University of Oslo  
> P.O. Box 1093 Blindern
> NO-0317  
> Oslo Norway
> email: c.m.ess at media.uio.no (mailto:c.m.ess at media.uio.no)
>  
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