GLO540

041531

This course provides historical, philosophical, legal, political, societal and cultural perspectives about values related to online and offline freedom of expression and rights to public information in a global context. Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of association, freedom of expression and movement, and rights to public information among other rights are explored in global, regional and country case contexts. The course also focuses on how freedom of expression and access to public information are related and how separately and together, both are situated in countries with varying levels of support. Course content also examines influences of globalization and digitized environments and state and nonstate actors on inhibiting and supporting freedom of expression and information and various interpretations of these concepts, and how, or whether, they translate into practice. The course examines interventions that often are undertaken when freedom of expression and information rights are ignored.

GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E

Graduate

GLO440