Self Censorship among Icelandic Journalists

• Main Author: Guðmundsson, Birgir
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Icelandic
• Published: Stjórnsýslustofnun 2015
• Subjects: Self-censorship; journalism; freedom of expression; media; Sjálfsritskoðun; blaðamennska; tjáningarfrelsi; fjölmiðlar; París; Iceland
• Online Access: https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/irpa/article/view/a.2015.11.1.4

The discussion on media self-censorship has flourished in Iceland after the attacks on the Charlie Hebdo editorial offices in January 2015 and after some dramatic changes in the top management and owner-groups of some of the media firms. But what is this experience that journalists describe as self...