Principles of Publicity and Press Freedom

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Rowman & Littlefield, 2002 - 229 páginas
This insightful book examines freedom of the press, the social functions of the press, and how the original concept of publicity--as the 'public use of reason, ' or citizens' freedom to express and publish opinions--has been reduced to mean the right of media to access and print information. This, the author argues, unfairly gives media more freedom than individuals have and reduces the accountability and service of the press to the public. Splichal's thoughtful work includes discussions of the media-relevant theories and works of Jeremy Bentham, Immanuel Kant, Karl Marx, and John Stuart Mill, among many others.

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In Search of the Roots Deconstructing the Institution of Freedom of the Press
1
Invention of Printing Is No Great Matter Compared with the Invention of Letters
6
Freedom of Speech as a Privilege of Learned Men
17
Imposing Functions on the Media
27
Free Press for Social Control From Bentham to American Pragmatists
35
Publicity Public Opinion Tribunal and the Fourth Estate
42
Public Opinion and the Press as Means to Control Mass Behavior
63
Freedom to Reason Right to Communicate
83
Mill
128
From the Republic of Letters to the Public of Letters to the Editor
163
The Idea of the Right to Communicate
165
Is the Property Right Superior to the Right to Communicate?
171
Mass media and the Personal Right to Publish Opinions
176
Public Use of Reason in the Global HighTech Media Environment
185
References
203
Index
213

Controversies on Rousseaus Censorial Tribunal
85
Kants Principle of Publicity
94
Marx
112

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Slavko Splichal is professor of mass communications and public opinion at the University of Ljubljana and director of the European Institute for Communication and Culture.

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