‘Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.’ – Article 19, 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

This series of lectures was given in autumn 2012 by Richard Barbrook for the BA in Politics of the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Westminster.

Theme tune: The Abyssinians, Declaration of Rights.

Lecture 1: The Process of Modernity.

Lecture 2: The Liberal Model of Media Freedom.

Lecture 3: The Corporate Model of Media Freedom.

Lecture 4: The Totalitarian Model of Media Freedom.

Lecture 5: The Situationist Model of Media Freedom.

Lecture 6: The McLuhanist Model of Media Freedom.

Lecture 7: The New Left Model of Media Freedom.

Lecture 8: The Neo-Liberal Model of Media Freedom.

Lecture 9: The Post-Modernist Model of Media Freedom.

Lecture 10: The Net Model of Media Freedom.