"Freedom of expression --in particular, freedom of the press --guarantees popular participation in the dcisions and actions of government, and popular participation is the essence of our democracy."

-- Corazon Aquino


  


The Role of Parliaments in Promoting an Information Rich Society - Unit 5: Providing the Legal Framework

 

Unit 5 Questions

Please answer each of the following questions.  If you are taking this course in a group you may then meet to discuss your answers.

  1. Why should there not be strict regulation of the media?

  2. List the types of legislation parliament should pass and the types of legislation it should reject or repeal in order to encourage a free and independent media?

  3. Aside from providing a freer legislative framework, what can parliament do in order to make the reporting of parliament and the parliamentary process freer for the media?

 

Select Bibliography

Krug, P. and Price, M.“Chapter 10: The Legal Environment for News Media” in Islam, R (ed.) The Right to Tell: The Role of Mass Media in Economic Development. World Bank Institute Development Studies; Washington DC, 2002: pp.187-206

Walden, R.“Chapter 11: Insult Laws” in Islam, R (ed.) The Right to Tell: The Role of Mass Media in Economic Development. World Bank Institute Development Studies; Washington DC, 2002: pp.207-24

The Enabling Environment for a Free and Independent Media: Contribution to Transparent and Accountable Governance, USAID, Office of Democracy & Governance, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, Occasional Papers Series January 2002.

Recommendations for an Informed Democracy (Conclusions of a CPA Study Group on Parliament and the Media, held in partnership with the World Bank Institute and the Parliament of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, 17-21 February 2003).

 

 

 

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