Digital platforms and limits to the freedom of expression

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Keywords:

State, regulation, oligopoly, discrimination

Abstract

This work calls to reflect on press freedom, the right to information and social responsibility of the communication, to safeguard fundamental human rights. In that sense, takes a journey through historical moments in the exercise of press freedom, understood as the right of issuing companies, where it came into conflict with rights regarding the security of peoples. Also, from the emergence of democratic Latin American governments have assumed responsibility for regulating media concentration and enable inclusive resources for communication policy, the role of media companies as political actors is analyzed in dispute over building sense.

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Author Biography

María Rosa Gómez, Universidad de Buenos Aires

Licenciada en Periodismo por la Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora, Doctoranda de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad de Buenos Aires.

Es titular del Taller de Expresión 3 de la Carrera de Ciencias de la Comunicación de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) y Profesora Adjunta de Historia Social de los Medios y Políticas de Comunicación de la Universidad Nacional del Centro (UNICEN). Es titular del Seminario Derechos humanos, Comunicación, Cultura y Medios de la Maestría en Comunicación y Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP). Es investigadora especializada en Memoria, control del discurso público y cultura, como así también en Políticas Públicas de Comunicación.

Portada de Oficios Terrestres 33: Nuevos desafíos para las Ciencias Sociales en la región II

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Published

2015-12-09

How to Cite

Gómez, M. R. (2015). Digital platforms and limits to the freedom of expression. Oficios Terrestres, 1(33), 5–17. Retrieved from https://perio.unlp.edu.ar/ojs/index.php/oficiosterrestres/article/view/2641

Issue

No. 33 (2015): The new challenges for the Social Science in the region II

Section

Informe Especial

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