… This book analyzes the constraints on press freedom and the ways in which independent
reporting and reporters are at risk in contemporary Asia to provide a barometer of democratic …

… crises that shattered the bubble of the Asian tigers' economic miracles of the … press
freedom. I think the best metaphor to describe the political environment for press freedom in Asia …

… freedom in Asia, this chapter assesses how existing theories relate to freedom’s functioning
in contemporary Asian … It also analyzes common factors constraining that freedom across …

… A 1971 book on Asian newspapers which I edited carried the title, The Asian Newspapers’
Reluctant Revolution. In the five intervening years, events affecting press freedom in Asia …

… The aggressive Western promotion of democracy, human rights and freedom of the press,
held up as … and gives his perspective, as an Asian, on human rights and freedom of the press. …

… press of East Asia can hardly be expected to be completely free. This article explores press
freedom in East Asia… years, taking into account the enactment of press laws, suspension of …

… media freedom and press freedom have any meaning beyond the larger category of freedom
of … media freedom as requiring freedom from power, for a public purpose (Commission on …

… Having elevated the press to the status of the Fourth Estate, the West began to "… of freedom"
(McChesney 1998, 18). Although contemporary press freedom relates more to the freedom of …

… they disregard constitutional and statutory assurances of press freedom. As a foundation to
our examination of the contemporary press in authoritarian Central Asia, we first examine the …

… Lenin’s candid acknowledgment that press freedom and public access to information could
… Thus the collective authors are pioneers in analyzing contemporary Central Asian mass …