Epistemic Rights in the Era of Digital Disruption

Minna Aslama Horowitz is Docent at the University of Helsinki, Finland, a Fellow at the Media and Journalism Research Centre, UK, and St. John’s University, New York, USA.Hannu Nieminen is Professor Emeritus of media and communications policy, at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and Professor of Communication, at Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania. Currently, he is also Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.Katja Lehtisaari is a Senior Lecturer in Journalism at Tampere University, Finland, and Docent at the University of Helsinki, Finland.Alessandro D'Arma is Reader in Media and Communication and Director of the CAMRI PhD Programme, University of Westminster, UK.

• Part I Foundations.- 1 Introduction: The Epistemic Turn.- 2 Why We Need Epistemic Rights.- Part II Concepts and Issues.- 3 On the Need to Revalue Old Radical Imaginaries to Assert Epistemic Media and Communication Rights Today.- 4 Epistemic Rights, Information Inequalities, and Public Policy.- 5 (Re-)casting Epistemic Rights as Human Rights: Conceptual Conundrums for the Council of Europe.- 6 Epistemic Rights and Digital Communications Policies: Collective Rights and Digital Citizenship.- 7 Public Service Media: From Epistemic Rights to Epistemic Justice.- Part III National and Regional Cases.- 8 Towards Feminist Futures in the Platform Economy: Four Stories from India.- 9 Epistemic Rights and Right to Information in Brazil and Mexico.- 10 Digital Authoritarianism and Epistemic Rights in the Global South: Unpacking Internet Shutdowns in Zimbabwe.- 11 Epistemic Violators: Disinformation in Central and Eastern Europe.- 12 Nordic Illusion and Challenges for Epistemic Rights in the Era of Digital Media.- 13 Right to Data Access in the Digital Era: The Case of China.- Part IV Implications.- 14 Conclusion: Ubiquitous Need for Epistemic Rights and the Way Forward.