Digital whistleblowing platforms in journalism: encrypting leaks

by Di Salvo, Philip

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Title Statements

Full title :Digital whistleblowing platforms in journalism : encrypting leaks / Philip Di Salvo.

Summary

This book analyzes whistleblowing platforms and the adoption of encryption tools in journalism. Whistleblowing platforms are becoming an important phenomenon for journalism in this era and offer safer solutions for communicating with whistleblowers and obtaining leaks. WikiLeaks and the Snowden case have been powerful game changers for today?s journalism, showing the potentials of and needs for encryption for journalistic purposes, together with the perils of surveillance. Whistleblowing platforms are also an interesting example of journalists and hackers coming together to support investigations with new tools and practices. The book introduces this phenomenon and features a qualitative study about whistleblowing platforms and their adoption in the journalistic field.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2020

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Palgrave Macmillan
Place of Publication:Cham
Language:eng
Publication Date:2020

The Physical Object

Description:xi, 188 pages ; : 22 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9783030385040, 3030385043, 9783030385071, 3030385078
oclc:on1151887149
LC Classification:PN4756
Dewey Decimal:070.4/3

Subjects

Alerte professionnelle Fuites (Divulgation d'informations) Journalistes -- Déontologie Journalistic ethics Leaks (Disclosure of information) Whistle blowing