Human Rights in the Media

Michelle Farrell is Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Liverpool. Eleanor Drywood is Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Liverpool. Edel Hughes is Senior Lecturer in Law at Middlesex University.

Introduction, Eleanor Drywood, Michelle Farrell and Edel Hughes Part 1: Headlines 1. "They Offer You a Feature on Stockings and Suspenders Next to a Call for Stiffer Penalties for Sex Offenders": Do We Learn More About the Media Than about Human Rights from Tabloid Coverage of Human Rights Stories?, David Mead 2. It’s Not Me, It’s You: Examining the Print Media’s Approach to ‘Europe’ in Brexit Britain, Stephanie Reynolds 3. British Human Rights Scepticism through the Lens of European Newspapers, Lieve Gies Part 2: Features 4. Monstering Strasbourg over Prisoner Voting Rights, C R G Murray 5. Demonising Immigrants: How a Human Rights Narrative Has Contributed to Negative Portrayals of Immigrants in the UK Media, Eleanor Drywood and Harriet Gray 6. Trial by Media: The Fair Trial Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights in the UK Press, Yvonne McDermott Rees Part 3: In-depth 7. Human Rights and Public Debate: The Media as Scapegoat?, Ekaterina Balabanova 8. Careful What You Wish For: Press Criticism of the Legal Protection of Human Rights, Jacob Rowbottom Part 4: Op-Eds 9. Arguing the Case for Human Rights in Brexit Britain, Colm O’Cinnéide 10. Instrumentalism in Human Rights and the Media: Locking Out Democratic Scepticism?, Michael Gordon 11. Magna Carta and the Invention of ‘British Rights’, Michelle Farrell and Edel Hughes