New Literature
New Literature New Publications from Nordicom After the Tsunami The book discusses freedom of expression as a Crisis Communication in Finland and Sweden universal human right, and analyses its philosophical foundations. It raises legal questions arising from the Ullamaija Kivikuru & Lars Nord (eds.), Nordicom, tension between basic rights, and between national and 2009, 219 p., ISBN 978-91-89471-85-6, (Research Ant- international law. It considers to what extent freedom of hologies and Monographs). expression thrives or withers in an increasingly goba- The tsunami disaster in Southe- lized world of new technology. It discusses the Danish ast Asia during Christmas 2004 cartoons from a principled perspective, and it draws the caused many deaths among lines of today’s controversies back to the twenty-year- vacationers from Finland and old fatwa against Salman Rushdie. Freedom of Speech Sweden. It could be described Abridged? is written by scholars and journalists in the as one of the worst catastrophes Nordic countries, and represents a principled and spiri- experienced during the post- ted defence of freedom of expression. war period in these countries. This book examines how this dramatic and unexpected event Manufacturing Europe affected public communica- Spaces of Democracy, Diversity and Communication tion patterns and practices in Inka Salovaara-Moring (ed.), Nordicom, 2009, 256 p., countries like Finland and Sweden. The communicative ISBN 978-91-89471-73-3, (Research Anthologies and relations between government actors, the media and Monographs). citizens always significantly affect the development of crucial democratic values such as trust, accountability This book brings together leading and legitimacy. European specialists in theories The book covers different topics related to this is- of the public sphere, media and sue, such as strategic political communication, media democracy.
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