
Freedom of Expression in the 21st Century
SAGE Publications Inc (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 8. March 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-8039-9085-2 (ISBN)
Description
An ideal supplement for any course with the goal to make free speech issues meaningful and relevant to young media professionals today.
Features of the text:
INTERACTIVE - it helps instructors engage students in meaningful discussions about current free speech issues. It presents situations, often taken from court cases, followed by questions that challenge students to clarify and justify their own beliefs about freedom of expression.
INTERNATIONAL - communicates how and why countries and governments, other than the United States, deal with free speech issues in different ways.
NEUTRAL- not a flag-waving catechism for the "American way". Asks difficult questions as to whether the freedoms many U. S. citizens take for granted are the best approach to some issues. It develops critical thinking skills.
Features of the text:
INTERACTIVE - it helps instructors engage students in meaningful discussions about current free speech issues. It presents situations, often taken from court cases, followed by questions that challenge students to clarify and justify their own beliefs about freedom of expression.
INTERNATIONAL - communicates how and why countries and governments, other than the United States, deal with free speech issues in different ways.
NEUTRAL- not a flag-waving catechism for the "American way". Asks difficult questions as to whether the freedoms many U. S. citizens take for granted are the best approach to some issues. It develops critical thinking skills.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
357 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8039-9085-2 (9780803990852)
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Persons
Robert Trager teaches courses in communication law, freedom of expression, and media institutions at the University of Colorado. He is the founding editor of Communication Law and Policy. Before joining the University of Colorado faculty, Trager was an attorney with a major cable television company and practiced media law with a firm in Washington, D.C.
Donna L. Dickerson is professor of communication and Dean of the School of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at Tyler. Her teaching areas are communication law, freedom of expression, qualitative research methods, and critical and persuasive writing. Among Dickersons' publications are books, chapters, and articles concerning the history of freedom of expression, media law, and media history. Before joining the University of Texas at Tyler, Dickerson was Director of the School of Mass Communications, then interim dean of the Graduate School at the University of South Florida. She earned her Ph.D. in journalism and mass communication from Southern Illinois University.
Donna L. Dickerson is professor of communication and Dean of the School of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at Tyler. Her teaching areas are communication law, freedom of expression, qualitative research methods, and critical and persuasive writing. Among Dickersons' publications are books, chapters, and articles concerning the history of freedom of expression, media law, and media history. Before joining the University of Texas at Tyler, Dickerson was Director of the School of Mass Communications, then interim dean of the Graduate School at the University of South Florida. She earned her Ph.D. in journalism and mass communication from Southern Illinois University.
Content
Prologue
What is Expression?
Who Controls Expression?
Who Controls
"Tyranny of the Majority?"
What does Freedom of Expression Mean?
What Speech should not be Protected?
Whose Expression should and should not be Protected?
Should Freedom of Expression include the Right not to Speak?
Balancing Freedom of Expression against Reputations, Privacy and Fair Trials
Epilogue
What is Expression?
Who Controls Expression?
Who Controls
"Tyranny of the Majority?"
What does Freedom of Expression Mean?
What Speech should not be Protected?
Whose Expression should and should not be Protected?
Should Freedom of Expression include the Right not to Speak?
Balancing Freedom of Expression against Reputations, Privacy and Fair Trials
Epilogue