See no evil, print no evil: the criminalization of free speech in DMZ
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Nurse, A. 2017. See no evil, print no evil: the criminalization of free speech in DMZ. The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship. 7 (1), pp. 1-22. https://doi.org/10.16995/cg.88
Type | Article |
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Title | See no evil, print no evil: the criminalization of free speech in DMZ |
Authors | Nurse, A. |
Abstract | This article examines contemporary notions on free speech and the criminalisation of journalistic expression since 9/11, via discussion of Brian Wood’s DMZ comics (DC Vertigo). Free speech and the importance of a free press are widely accepted notions, yet journalistic and artistic freedom is arguably under attack in our post-9/11 world (Ash, 2016; Article 19, 2007). State responses to global terror threats have criminalised free speech, particularly speech seen as ‘glorifying’ or ‘supporting’ terrorism via anti-terror or restrictive media laws. This article examines these issues via DMZ ’s discussion of a second American civil war in which freedom of the press has all but disappeared, arguing that DMZ ’s ‘War on Terror’ narrative and depiction of controlled news access serve as allegories for contemporary free speech restrictions. DMZ illustrates contemporary concerns about a perceived social problem in its representation of corruption, abuse of power and restrictions on the public’s right to know. |
Publisher | Open Library of Humanities |
Journal | The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship |
ISSN | 2048-0792 |
Publication dates | |
03 Aug 2017 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 03 Aug 2017 |
Accepted | 23 Feb 2017 |
Submitted | 31 Jul 2016 |
Output status | Published |
Publisher's version | License |
Copyright Statement | Copyright: © 2017 The Author(s). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the |
Additional information | Article number = 10 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.16995/cg.88 |
Language | English |
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