Democracy and the mass media : a collection of essays /
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...
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| Language: | English |
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1990.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in philosophy and public policy.
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Table of 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 Kelly 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 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 Gurevitch 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.
