Debate On Freedom Of Media

On the 29th of march the law students society held a debate on freedom of expression on social media where two teams with opposing stances argued for what they believe is the most suitable answer to the aforementioned question.

Debate on freedom of media. In some of the most influential democracies in the world populist leaders have overseen concerted attempts to throttle the independence of the media sector. In fact freedom house reports that global press freedom has declined to its lowest point in 13 years with unprecedented threats to journalists and media outlets in major democracies and new moves by authoritarian states to control the media including beyond their borders the media are supposed to be the fourth estate. Media freedom is described as the freedom of various kinds of media and sources of communication to operate in political and civil society. Media freedom freedom of various kinds of media and sources of communication to operate in political and civil society the term media freedom extends the traditional idea of the freedom of the press to electronic media such as radio television and the internet the term acknowledges that the media in modern societies consist of more than print sources.

Traditionally the propagation medium was limited to print which then was extended to television and now internet is the latest addition in the mode of dissemination of information.