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

'Rikke Frank Jørgensen has given us a thoughtful and competent contribution to a debate of increasing global importance. Her theoretical analysis and practical case-study stimulate critical reflection on how we should connect the primary moral domain of our time - human rights - with the primary inf...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jørgensen, Rikke Frank
Corporate Author: Edward Elgar Publishing
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar, [2013]
Subjects:
Internet > Law and legislation.
Human rights.
Physical Description:xii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Human rights in the internet era. Theorizing the internet era
  • revisiting public and private
  • Human rights
  • Framing the net. The internet as infrastructure
  • The internet as public sphere
  • The internet as a medium
  • The internet as culture
  • ICT and social change. ICT as a tool for empowerment in Uganda
  • Wikipedia as a platform for community life and collaboration
  • Conclusion.