Freedom of Expression in the 21st CenturyPrecisely because freedom of expression varies across countries and cultures and across media types, freedom of expression is discussed across a spectrum of geopolitical and technological contexts. Robert Trager and Donna L. Dickerson investigate the tensions between censorship and expression, to reveal how complex, culturally charged, and historically deep these tensions can be. Discussions are typically framed around social issues and set in contexts that allow readers to see connections between expression and commerce, politics, economics, class, race, and gender. The new frontier of digital communications, especially the Internet, is revealed as the latest battleground for law and social policy. |
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
Thoughts as expression | 14 |
Summary | 28 |
Sedition and licensing in England | 42 |
Alien and Sedition Acts | 55 |
John Stuart Mill and tolerance | 57 |
Resetting the boundaries of free speech | 65 |
Summary | 72 |
Hate speech | 124 |
Advertising | 133 |
Summary | 141 |
Free speech for government? | 148 |
chapter seven | 160 |
Required speech | 170 |
Summary | 176 |
chapter eight | 179 |
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