Informed Publics, Media and International Law

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This book considers the significance of informed publics from the perspective of international law. It does so by analysing international media law frameworks and the mediatization of international law in institutional settings. This exposes the complexity of the interrelationship between international law and the media, but also points to the dangers involved in international law’s associated and increasing reliance upon the mediated techniques of communicative capitalism – such as publicity – premised upon an informed international public whose existence many now question. The book explores the ways in which traditional regulatory and analytical categories are increasingly challenged, revealed as inadequate or bypassed, but also assesses their resilience and future utility in light of significant technological change and concerns about fake news, the rise of big data and algorithmic accountability. Furthermore, it contends that analysing the imbrication of media and international law in the current digital transition is necessary to understand the nature of the problems a system such as international law faces without sufficiently informed publics. The book argues that international law depends on informed global publics to function and to address the complex global problems which we face. This draws into view the role media plays in relation to international law, but also the role of international law in regulating the media, and reveals the communicative character of international law. Acknowledgements Table of Contents Introduction I. Media and Mediatization II. The Imbrication of Media and International Law III. Structure 1. Informed Publics I. Informed Publics II. Public Opinion and International Law III. Cold War Debates Over Information and Media IV. Contemporary Challenges V. Summary 2. Free Publics I. Freedom of Expression II. Limits to Media Freedom III. Licensing IV. Defamation and Insult Laws V. Contempt and the Protection of Sources VI. National Security VII. Privacy VIII. Media Pluralism IX. International Trade Law X. Summary 3. Endangered Publics I. Incitement, Hate Speech and Propaganda II. International Criminal Law III. International Humanitarian Law IV. Information Intervention, Cybersecurity and Computational Propaganda V. Summary 4. Digital Publics I. Telecommunications II. Internet Governance III. A Human Rights Approach IV. Data Governance V. Platform Governance VI. Summary 5. Publicity I. Institutional Publicity II. International Criminal Law III. Human Rights and Witnessing IV. Summary 6. The Critique of Publicity I. Mediatization and Conflict II. Visibility and Invisibility III. Communicative Capitalism and Humanitarianism IV. International Law, Media and Engaging Informed Publics V. Summary Conclusion Bibliography Index