Robert Martin shows that the history of the free and open press is in many ways the story of the emergence and first real expansions of the early American public sphere and civil society itself.
Traces the history of the freedom not to speak from the Middle Ages and Inquisition to the twentieth century and the House Committee on Un-American Activities. This title addresses the Civil War and Reconstruction loyalty oaths by Union Confederate soldiers, and the expulsion of Jehovah's Witnesses from schools for refusing to salute the flag.
Freedom of Expression in the 21st Century addresses current issues about freedom of expression, making use of a variety of interesting cases from continental Europe, UK and other English speaking countries. Robert Trager and Donna L Dickerson investigate the tensions between censorship and expression, to reveal how complex, culturally charged and historically deep these tensions can be. Precisely because freedom of expression varies across countries and cultures, this thought-provoking book examines how and why countries and governments other than the US deal with free speech issues in different ways. Discussions are framed around social issues that allow readers to see connections between freedom of expression and business, politics, economics, class, race and gender. Digital communications, especially the Internet, are shown to be the current battleground for law and social policy. Readership - Students and academics in communication and media studies, cultural studies, sociology and politics.
Demonstrates that speech is a more complicated and dynamic notion than we often assume. This book covers issues such as government restrictions on hate speech and obscene and indecent speech; the constitutionality of campaign finance reform; and the treatment to be accorded new technologies of communication under the Constitution.
Demonstrates that speech is a more complicated and dynamic notion than we often assume. This book covers issues such as government restrictions on hate speech and obscene and indecent speech; the constitutionality of campaign finance reform; and the treatment to be accorded new technologies of communication under the Constitution.
Press stories portray the Internet as full of pornography, paedophilia, bomb-making recipes, lewd and lawless behaviour, and copyright violation, but some people argue that such reports greatly overstate the case. This book assesses the issues which will affect the future of the Internet.
Wright (law, Samford U.) attacks the common American notion that the spread of commercialization is a natural manifestation of freedom and the pursuit of well-being. Topics include the constitutional arguments related to commercial free speech law, the influence of so-called controversial ads, the
Argues that hate speech restrictions are not only dangerous, but counterproductive. Acknowledging the legitimacy of concerns that prompt speech codes and combining support for civil liberties with a concern for civil rights issues, this title demonstrates that it is difficult, to draw the line between unprotected insults and protected ideas.
