| Description |
xi, 410 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in philosophy and public policy |
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Cambridge studies in philosophy and public policy.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Judith Lichtenberg -- Liberal constraints on private power? : reflections on the origins and rationale of access regulation / Stephen Holmes -- Liberalism and free speech / David Kelley and Roger Donway -- Foundations and limits of freedom of the press / Judith Lichtenberg -- Why the state? / Owen M. Fiss -- Practices of toleration / Onora O'Neill -- Access in a post-social responsibility age / Carl Sessions Stepp -- Who decides? / Frederick Schauer -- Four criticisms of press ethics / Jeffrey B. Abramson -- Political communication systems and democratic values / Michael Gurevtich and Jay G. Blumler -- Mass communications policy : where we are and where we should be going / Henry Geller -- Content regulation reconsidered / T.M. Scanlon, Jr -- The rationale of public regulation of the media / Lee C. Bollinger -- The role of a free press in strengthening democracy / Sanford J. Ungar |
| Summary |
In this volume a group of distinguished legal and political theorists and experts on journalism discuss how to reconcile our values concerning freedom of the press with the enormous power of the media--especially television--to shape opinions and values. The policy issues treated concern primarily the extent of justifiable government regulation of the media and the justification for regulating television differently from newspapers. The volume contains some highly original and groundbreaking analyses of philosophical issues surrounding the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.--Publisher description |
| Analysis |
United States Freedom of communication |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Freedom of the press.
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Government and the press.
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Journalism -- Political aspects.
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| Author |
Lichtenberg, Judith.
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| LC no. |
89028871 |
| ISBN |
0521381223 |
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0521388171 |
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