News and Research articles on Democratic participation

Freedom of the media

Andrei Richter, Comenius University
Krisztina Rozgonyi, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Joan Barata Mir, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Monroe E. Price, University of Pennsylvania
PUBLISHED ON: 18 Jun 2026 DOI: 10.14763/2026.2.2103

Freedom of the media must evolve beyond institutional protection to safeguard citizens’ epistemic agency in digital societies where platforms and AI systems shape what we know and how we participate in democracy.