Freedom of information legislation and its impact on press freedom: A cross-national study

Nam, Taewoo

doi:10.1016/j.giq.2012.03.003

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“…Following Nam (2012), democracy was measured using Freedom House's data on political rights and civil liberties from its Freedom of the World Report. Using Freedom House's scale, the Democracy Index, countries are scored from 1 to 14, where the lowest score (1) denotes free status and the highest score (14) indicates a lack of civil liberties and political freedom.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Starr (2012) describes how the development of digital technologies and communications affects freedom of the press. A number of authors have studied the impact of legislation and institutions on press freedom, including Hazell and Worthy (2010), Rabina (1999), McClean (2010 and Nam (2012). These studies showed that legislation's influence on press freedom depends on the type of political regime, the level of corruption and total economic development.…”

Section: Theory Review and Variablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Market size of the media industry and freedom of press: an empirical study

Zazdravnykh

2014

Econom. bus. letters

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This paper empirically shows that the market size of the media sector is important for freedom of the press, in addition to the wealth of the country and type of political regime. I estimated freedom of the press using three variables: size of the media market, GDP per capita and the type of political regime. Freedom of the press was estimated using data for 48 countries from 2006 till 2009. The most important variable influencing freedom of the press is the type of political regime, but the size of the media market is also important. In countries with a larger media market, the press is freer.

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Section: Methods and Datamentioning

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Section: Theory Review and Variablesmentioning

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Market size of the media industry and freedom of press: an empirical study

Zazdravnykh

2014

Econom. bus. letters

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“…Studies exist into the many aspects of FOI regimes around the world (Nader, 1970;Banisar, 2006;Martin, c2008;Nam, 2012), but there is little academic work with New Zealand's FOI laws as its primary centre of interest and, in particular, the media's role in making a meaningful success of the OIA. Much of the literature on New Zealand's FOI regime is comparative in nature (Snell, 2006;Hazel & Worthy, 2010) and does not unravel local and specific complexities.…”

Section: Foi and Aotearoa/new Zealandmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…(Snell, 2006, pp. 13-14) New Zealand is considered a benchmark in a number of overseas studies (Hazell, 1991;Hazell & Worthy, 2010;Nam, 2012) but direct, local research is relatively thin. Among policy-research projects (Poot, 1997) that seek to understand how FOI affects the workings of the state bureaucracy is White's argument (2007) that New Zealand's official information system is resulting in less trust in the state sector, rather than the increased levels of trust that are meant to result.…”

Section: Foi and Aotearoa/new Zealandmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…FOI in New Zealand was for many years considered within a conventional discourse that emerged through, principally, legal studies (Banisar, 2006;Elwood, 1999;Hazell, 1989;Law Commission, 1998Price, n.d.a) and policy studies (Poot, 1992;White, 2007), each of which has its distinct reasons for an interest in the legislation. Together they wove a two-strand, dominant narrative that had New Zealand as a world leader in FOI (Elwood, 1999;Hazell, 1991;Hazell & Worthy, 2010;Nam, 2012;Price, n.d.). Its tendencies were towards a strongly liberal regime, which made it a standout when the OIA was enacted in 1982 and became widely regarded as a 'model of how progressive access to an information regime should work' (Hazell & Worthy, 2010, p. 353).…”

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FOI scholarship reflects a return to secrecy

Treadwell¹

2016

PJR

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When Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto launched the third summit of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) in October 2015, protesters disputed his highly scripted account of his government's transparency. The OGP may be growing but increasingly scholars and journalists are reporting a degradation of freedom of information (FOI), even in comparatively open societies like Aotearoa/New Zealand. Stemming from a doctoral review of FOI scholarship, this article traces FOI's origins and role in democratic governance and finds scholars situate access to state-held information as a fundamental human right. However, it describes scepticism among journalism practitioners and researchers alike about the realpolitik success of FOI regimes. Researchers have recorded tendencies back to state secrecy since the declaration of the so-called war on terror and document various other FOI failures, from blatant disregard for the law to an ever-growing structural pluralism that is casting shadows over state expenditure. This article also considers literature on New Zealand FOI regime, work largely produced by legal-studies and policy-studies scholars. It outlines what research does exist within journalism studies but contends a lack of more significant contributions has restricted our understanding of the regime.

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Media freedom, information and communication technology infrastructure, and foreign direct investment inflows

Liu,

Wang

2023

Manage Decis Econ

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In an era of globalization, attracting foreign capital inflows remains a significant concern among nations. This paper aims to examine the individual and joint effects of media freedom and information and communication technologies (ICT) infrastructure on foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows. Utilizing a panel dataset of FDI inflows from 144 countries worldwide from 2003 to 2016 for our empirical analysis, we find that media freedom significantly increases FDI inflows. Interestingly, ICT infrastructure plays an essential moderating role in this relationship. When ICT infrastructure is underdeveloped, the expected impact of media freedom may not materialize; however, as the level of ICT infrastructure improves, the positive effect of media freedom becomes increasingly significant. Hence, we argue that a free media and robust ICT infrastructure are complementary in attracting FDI. Our study not only fills a crucial gap in the literature by examining their joint effect but also provides insightful implications for host countries looking to attract foreign investment. This work thus significantly contributes to understanding the complex relationships among media freedom, ICT infrastructure levels, and FDI inflows at the national level.

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Freedom of information legislation and its impact on press freedom: A cross-national study

Cited by 24 publications

References 79 publications

Market size of the media industry and freedom of press: an empirical study

Market size of the media industry and freedom of press: an empirical study

FOI scholarship reflects a return to secrecy

Media freedom, information and communication technology infrastructure, and foreign direct investment inflows

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