Legal and judiciary systems – Journalism, Technology & Democracy

The scholars are seated in a roundtable setting for discussion with federal judges at the U.S. District Court in Phoenix, Arizona

Every Profession Has Its Own Struggle

Today I learned one important thing through the SUSI program: every opportunity that comes along brings its own consequences and struggles. After two weeks of attending classes and activities with experts in their fields, I believe they are also still…

Amendment

As the most important law protecting freedom of the press in the U.S., the name “First Amendment” seems quite strange to me at first glance. Amendment? That means this clause was not included originally in the U.S. Constitution. Why not? After…

Getting to know what’s it like being a federal judge

SUSI Scholars’ privileged behind-the-curtains glimpse No country on earth is crime-free. This being true, the challenge facing leaders (globally) is fighting crime and maintaining law and order. The enormity of the challenge (e.g., crime rate and frequency, type, and so…

Diagram of the "Remove, Reduce, Inform" model of misinformation control used at Facebook

Challenging and changing media ecology

The theoretical metaphor of media ecology argues that media outlets are like species that live and interact in an ecosystem. As in any ecosystem, one change impacts the whole environment. For example, the crisis of the print and broadcast media,…

Our Own Private Vortex

It would be difficult to ask this group of professionals and scholars, “Where are we meeting today?” without getting an array of mostly humorous replies. “Room 444, of course,” would be the simple answer. Far from being a 666 scenario,…

“The most important thing for a judge is not professional experience, but patience”*

What are the peculiarities of a precedent-based legal system? How should a judge perceive each judicial situation? These and other questions were addressed by Judge John Tuchi during the extremely informative visit by scholars from the “Journalism. Technology, and Democracy”…

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