
The Life and Death of Freedom of Expression
Richard John Moon(Author)
University of Toronto Press
Published on 24. June 2024
Book
Hardback
358 pages
978-1-4875-2781-5 (ISBN)
Description
In The Life and Death of Freedom of Expression, Richard Moon argues that freedom of expression is valuable because human agency and identity emerge in discourse - in the joint activity of creating meaning. Moon recognizes that the social character of individual agency and identity is crucial to understanding not only the value of expression but also its potential for harm.
The book considers a range of issues, including the regulation of advertising, hate speech, pornography, blasphemy, and public protest. The book also considers the shift to social media as the principal platform for public engagement, which has added to the ways in which speech can be harmful while undermining the effectiveness of traditional legal responses to harmful speech. The Life and Death of Freedom of Expression makes the case that the principal threat to public discourse may no longer be censorship, but it is rather the spread of disinformation, which undermines public trust in traditional sources of information and makes engagement between different positions and groups increasingly difficult.
The book considers a range of issues, including the regulation of advertising, hate speech, pornography, blasphemy, and public protest. The book also considers the shift to social media as the principal platform for public engagement, which has added to the ways in which speech can be harmful while undermining the effectiveness of traditional legal responses to harmful speech. The Life and Death of Freedom of Expression makes the case that the principal threat to public discourse may no longer be censorship, but it is rather the spread of disinformation, which undermines public trust in traditional sources of information and makes engagement between different positions and groups increasingly difficult.
Reviews / Votes
"Moon canvasses recent developments related to the internet and discusses the rise of misinformation, disinformation, and so forth-and what we should do about it. Readers will extract a wealth of knowledge from The Life and Death of Freedom of Expression." -- Pearl Eliadis, <i>Literary Review of Canada</i>More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
612 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4875-2781-5 (9781487527815)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Richard Moon is a distinguished university professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Windsor.
Content
Introduction
1. The Foundations of Freedom of Expression
2. The Adjudication of Freedom of Expression
3. The Regulation of Commercial and Political Advertising
4. The Regulation of Hate Speech
5. The Restriction of Blasphemy, Obscenity, and Pornography
6. Access to State Property and Other Platforms
7. Compelled Expression
8. Does Freedom of Expression Have a Future?
Notes
Cases
References
Index
1. The Foundations of Freedom of Expression
2. The Adjudication of Freedom of Expression
3. The Regulation of Commercial and Political Advertising
4. The Regulation of Hate Speech
5. The Restriction of Blasphemy, Obscenity, and Pornography
6. Access to State Property and Other Platforms
7. Compelled Expression
8. Does Freedom of Expression Have a Future?
Notes
Cases
References
Index