A court ruling against the Philippine journalist Maria Ressa illustrates the erosion of democratic norms, the corruption of institutions, and the compromises of decision makers. By Sheila Coronel In a hushed courtroom, with only litigants, their lawyers, and three other journalists present, a judge convicted the Philippine journalist Maria Ressa…
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By Uchenna Ekwo As is the case in many sectors, the Coronavirus pandemic has revealed further the continuing challenges facing journalists and journalism. For decades, media effects research has been concerned with the consequences of media use experienced by the individual message recipient or audience member. To this day, media…
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By Uchenna Ekwo Thursday’s coordinated editorial campaign by over 350 newspapers in the United States that denounced President Donald Trump’s unrelenting attacks on the news media amounts to a formal declaration of war between the two institutions of American democracy: the executive and the fourth estate of the realm. Prior…
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