JOUR 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Press Freedom Index, Je Suis Charlie, English Civil War
16 Sep 2016
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Canada has high score for press freedom. Sudan, iran, china, etc. have very low score. At least 100 journalists and media workers killed in 2014. 2014 saw an uptake in a disturbing practice- the explicit targeting of journalists as a means to gain power, incite fear, and build publicity. Leif didn"t write anything down, so most people consider that columbus discovered north america because he self-promoted shamelessly. Attempts to limit press freedom are as old as printing press. Free press as enemy of church and state alike. Tension interwoven with major historical developments- between power and the press. Church opposed printing in vernacular languages, because would be shaking loose from control of church, because then ordinary people could read bible themselves without church. Martin luther"s 95 theses (1517)- multiple printed copies not as easy to suppress as hand-copied ones and.
