Free Expression In The Age Of The Internet
Westview Press Inc (Verlag)
9780813391083 (ISBN)
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In Free Expression in the Age of the Internet, Jeremy Lipschultz investigates the Internet and its potential for profound change, analyzing the use of its technology from social, political, and economic perspectives. Lipschultz provides new insights on traditional legal concepts such as marketplace of ideas, social responsibility, and public interest, arguing that from a communication theory perspective, free expression is constrained by social norms and conformity. In Free Expression in the Age of the Internet , Jeremy Lipschultz investigates the Internet and its potential for profound change, analyzing the use of its technology from social, political, and economic perspectives. Lipschultz provides new insights on traditional legal concepts such as marketplace of ideas, social responsibility, and public interest, arguing that from a communication theory perspective, free expression is constrained by social norms and conformity. Lipschultz explores social limits on free expression by first examining history of print and electronic media law and regulation. He utilizes the gatekeeping metaphor, the spiral of silence, and diffusion theory to explore current data on the Internet.
He uses Reno v. ACLU (1997) as a case study of current First Amendment thinking. This book includes recent evidence, including samples of content from Internet gossip columnist Matt Drudge, and the investigation of President Clinton as it unfolded on the World Wide Web.The analysis is related to broader issues about Internet content, including commercial and other communication. The new technologies raise new questions about legal and social definitions of concepts such as privacy. Free expression is explored in this book under the umbrella of a global, commercial economy that places importance on legal rights such as copyright, even where those rights limit free flow of ideas. The Internet places free expression on two tracks. On the one hand, corporate players are developing cyberspace as a new mass media. On the other hand, the Internet is virtual space where individuals have the power to connect and communicate with others in ways never before seen. This groundbreaking text advancing new media scholarship uses the most current case studies from the Internet to show free expression in practice today.
Lipshultz presents a relevant and efficacious social communication theory of free expression which critically examines the necessary factors involved in comprehensive policy analysis and enactment.
Jeremy Lipschultz is acting communication chair and professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
List of Illustrations; Preface; List of Acronyms; 1. Social Communication Theory of Free Expression: Politics and the Internet; The Internet as a Vehicle for Understanding Free Expression; The Boundaries of Free Expression; The Internet as Print and Broadcast; Political Considerations of Internet Regulation; Political Considerations in Understanding Free Expression; The Trouble with Traditional Legal Thinking; The Role of Social Theories in Understanding Free Expression; The Challenge to the Communications Decency Act: Reno v. ACLU; The Implications for Free Expression; Focusing Social Understanding of Free Expression; Chapter Summary; Discussion Questions; 2. A Historical Look at Traditional Legal Thought on Free Expression; Common-Law Approaches; Prior Restraint; Colonial Influences; Conduct and Other Forms of Free Expression; Constitutional Impact; Twentieth-Century Approaches; Emergence of the Marketplace of Ideas; Criticisms of the Marketplace of Ideas; Calls for Social Responsibility; Other Approaches; First Amendment Implications; Chapter Summary; Discussion Questions; 3. Broadcast Versus Print Models of Free Expression; Public Interest, Convenience, and Necessity; Spectrum Scarcity; Fiduciary Responsibilities and Licensing; Zoning Content; The Politics of Regulation; Regulation of Fairness; Electoral Considerations; Pornography, Obscenity, and Indecency; TRAC and the Criticisms of the Distinctions; Chapter Summary; Discussion Questions; 4. Normative Legal Versus Social Theory Approaches to Free Expression; Normative Versus Social Thought; Libel Laws; Free Expression as the Product of Human Behavior; Social Constraints; Persuasion, Propaganda, and Public Opinion; Research Limitations; Political and Economic Considerations; Chapter Summary; Discussion Questions; 5. Reno v. ACLU : A Legal Test in the Age of the Internet; The Facts of the Case; The Legal Issues; The Reasoning of the Court; The Decision of the Court; Implications for the Future of Internet Regulation.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 9.12.1999 |
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Web / Internet |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-13 | 9780813391083 / 9780813391083 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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