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Media and Law

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Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance

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Sociology of Crime, Law, and Deviance Volume 26

Media and Law: Between Free Speech and Censorship

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Mathieu Deflem

University of South Carolina, USA

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Derek M. D. Silva

King’s University College, Canada

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Contents

About the Contributors

Lucia Bellucci, Department of Law “Cesare Beccaria”, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy, specializes in EU and international law and politics, media law and policy, and law and anthropology. She has published four books, including La Sindrome ungherese in Europa (2018), and wrote a chapter in Culture in the Domains of Law (2017).

Gabriela Capurro, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Canada, specializes in health and risk communication, science communication, lived experiences of risk, and discourses of health and illness. Her work has appeared in peer reviewed journals such as Canadian Journal of Sociology, Canadian Journal of Communication, and Science Communication.

Mathieu Deflem, Department of Sociology, University of South Carolina, USA, specializes in the sociology of social control, terrorism, policing, sociology of law, popular culture and celebrity, and sociological theory. He is the Author of four books, including The Policing of Terrorism (2010) and Sociology of Law (2008).

Anne-Marie Gingras, Department of Political Science, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada, specializes in political sociology, political communication, freedom of expression, and media representation of women in politics. She has published four books, including Histoires de communication politique: Pratiques et état des savoirs (Presses de l’Université du Québec, 2018).

Josh Greenberg, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University, Canada, is Professor and Director of the School. His research expertise is in the area of health and risk communication, crisis communication, and public engagement.

Kateryna Kaplun, School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University-Newark, USA, specializes in cybercrime, surveillance, technology, white-collar crime, and mixed methods analyses. Her doctoral research examines the intersection of technology and gender, focusing on cyberstalking and cyberharassment statutes in the United States.

Sarah Lageson, School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University-Newark, USA, studies criminal legal systems, privacy, surveillance, and technology. Her book, Digital Punishment: Privacy, Stigma, and the Harms of Data-Driven Criminal Justice, was published in 2020 by Oxford University Press.

Anthony Löwstedt, Department of Media Communications, Webster Vienna Private University, Austria, specializes in communication ethics, media theory, and communication history and development. His recent work has appeared in the peer-reviewed journals Communication Theory, the International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics, and the International Communication Gazette.

Allyson M. Lunny, Department of Social Science, York University, Canada, specializes in hate studies, interdisciplinary discursive analysis, and socio-legal studies. She is the Author of Debating Hate Crime: Language, Legislatures, and the Law in Canada (2017) and articles in Social & Legal Studies and GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies.

Tanner Mirrlees, Communication and Digital Media Studies, Ontario Tech University, Canada, specializes in the political economy of communication and digital media industries. He is the Author or Co-editor of five books, including The Television Reader (2012), Global Entertainment Media (2013), Hearts and Mines (2016), Media Imperialism (2019), and EdTech Inc. (2019).

Kimberly W. O’Connor, Department of Organizational Leadership, Purdue University Fort Wayne, USA, is an Associate Professor and Attorney whose research areas include social media and the law, cybersecurity, employment law, and data privacy. She serves as a consultant for K-12 digital safety programing and for social media-related matters in organizations.

Gordon B. Schmidt, Department of Organizational Leadership, Purdue University Fort Wayne, USA, researches the future of work including the gig economy, virtual leadership, and how social media impacts employee relations. He teaches courses in training, organizational behavior, and leadership. He has published and presented on his teaching innovations.

Devika Sethi, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India, specializes in Modern Indian history, specifically the history of decolonization in twentieth century India, book history, and the history of free speech and censorship. She is the Author of War over Words: Censorship in India, 1930–60 (2019).

Derek M. D. Silva, Department of Sociology, King’s University College at Western University, Canada, specializes in radicalization and violent extremism, policing, sport, and social control. His most recent work has appeared in the peer-reviewed journals Punishment & Society, Sociological Forum, Race & Class, and the Sociology of Sport Journal.

Natasha Tusikov, Department of Social Science, York University, Canada, studies the interactions among crime, regulation, and technology, platform and internet governance, and data governance. She is the Author of Chokepoints: Global Private Regulation on the Internet (2017) and she has been published in Surveillance & Society and Internet Policy Review.

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