New Book: Do you have Human Rights on the Internet?

“Framing the Net” is the title of a new book that examines how human rights are being applied in the digital era. The author behind this timely book is Ørecomm participant Rikke Frank Jørgensen who defended her PhD on the subject at Roskilde University last year.

Can Internet governance be better aligned with human rights law and standards of compliance? This is one of the questions she sets out to answer. She does so by suggesting four framings to be examined: the Internet as Infrastructure, the Internet as Public Sphere, the Internet as Medium and the Internet as Culture. Two chapters on women’s use of ICT in Uganda and the community life of German Wikipedia gives a practical side to the theoretical argument.

From publisher’s blurb:

‘Understanding the Internet is key to protecting human rights in the future. In Framing the Net, Rikke Frank Jørgensen shows how this can be done …’ 
– Wolfgang Benedek, University of Graz, Austria

‘Rikke Frank Jørgensen has given us a thoughtful and competent contribution to a debate of increasing global importance. Her theoretical analysis and practical case-study stimulate critical reflection on how we should connect the primary moral domain of our time – human rights – with the primary infrastructure for global communication, the Internet. This book is a must read for all who engage with the search for meaningful and practical normative directions for communications in the 21st century.’
– Cees J. Hamelink, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands


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