Towards a universal declaration on internet rights and freedoms

Bibliographic Data

ID12898875
AuthorsAndrea Pettrachin (0000-0001-7238-9631, University of Sheffield, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume80
Issue4
Pages337-353
Publication date2018-02-16
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Communication Gazette (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1748-0485 • E-ISSN: 1748-0493
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1748048518757139
OpenAlexW2794160243
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited10

This article, conceived as a mainly empirically based contribution, analyses a discursive context composed of 58 documents proclaiming Internet-related human rights drafted and launched by different actors between 1997 and 2015. The article hypothesises that a discourse on Internet-related human rights is being shaped, autonomous from the broader discourse on Internet governance. Therefore, differently from other scholarly works, it does not focus on the many initiatives aimed at defining principles for the governance of the Internet but only on those documents that specifically aim to proclaim Internet-related rights and freedoms. The article, first, analyses the findings of a software-enabled content analysis aimed at (1) identifying the key issues that dominate the discourse, (2) assessing the evolution of the discourse in the last two decades and (3) identifying the thematic priorities of different types of drafting entities. Second, it discusses possible research, policy and legal developments

Business · Context (archaeology · Corporate governance · Declaration · Human rights · Internet governance · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · The Internet · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies · Freedom of Expression and Defamation · Law · Social Media and Politics

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