ABSTRACT
The new media continuum in the Strasbourg case law has been rapidly evolving in the past decade and is still under construction. The case law has acknowledged different forms of media and tried to provide some essential principles on pluralism in the digital media. The Strasbourg Court’s freedom of expression case law is based on the presumption that the form of media is neutral. The idea of media neutrality is relevant in the contemporary world. The European Union (EU) has considered the importance of freedom of expression in the digital media environment by drafting the EU Human Rights Guidelines on Freedom of Expression Online and Offline. Citizens are actively participating in the public debate and are often contributing to democratic discourse in more ways that just traditional voting during elections. The new media continuum and the internet have challenged the traditional understanding of the concept of journalism.
