Framing the net : the Internet and human rights / Rikke Frank Jrgensen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jrgensen, Rikke Frank.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet--Law and legislation.

Internet.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Place of Publication:

Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar Pub., 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This important book examines how human rights are being applied in the digital era. The focus on 'internet freedoms' and 'internet rights' has risen considerably in recent years, and in July 2012 the first resolution on the promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the internet was adopted by the U.N. Human Rights Council. This timely book suggests four framings to examine human rights challenges in an internet era: the Internet as Infrastructure, the Internet as Public Sphere, the Internet as Media and the Internet as Culture. These propositions, and the questions that arise from

Contents:

pt. I. Human rights in the Internet era

pt. II. Framing the net

pt. III. ICT and social change.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-78254-080-6

OCLC:

858762309