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10 - Constitutionalized Media Freedom during Emergencies

Is It Only Window Dressing?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2024

Christian Bjørnskov  and
Stefan Voigt
Christian Bjørnskov
Affiliation:
Aarhus Universitet, Denmark
Stefan Voigt
Affiliation:
Universität Hamburg
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Summary

Media freedom is often curtailed in the wake of terrorist attacks. In this chapter, we ask whether constitutional provisions that are intended – directly or indirectly – to protect media freedom affect the degree to which press freedom is curtailed after terrorist incidents. We find that neither provisions explicitly protecting media freedom nor provisions that might protect media freedom indirectly (such as those guaranteeing the independence of the judiciary) mitigate the post-terror curtailment of press freedom.

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press freedommedia freedomterrorismfreedom of expressionjudicial independenceconstitutional political economystate of emergencyemergency provisions
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State of Emergency
An Economic Analysis
 , pp. 257 - 294
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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