Barriers Down How American Power and Free-Flow Policies Shaped Global Media

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By Diana Lemberg ’05

Published Sept. 25, 2019

What does it mean to have “a free flow of information”? In Barriers Down, Lemberg explores the origins of ideas of “freedom of information,” in post-World War II international political media. Lemberg analyzes the United States government’s promotion of ideas such as the “free flow of information” as a catalyst for its global influence and power

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Terri Sewell ’86 at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, stands next to a portrait of civil rights leader John Lewis.
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