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Free Speech and Censorship - Examining the Facts (Hardcover)
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Free Speech and Censorship - Examining the Facts (Hardcover)
Series: Contemporary Debates
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This book provides a comprehensive and impartial overview of laws
and norms regarding free speech and censorship in the United
States, with a particular focus on free speech rights and
restrictions for individuals, politicians, corporations, and news
organizations. Free Speech and Censorship: Examining the Facts is
part of a series that uses evidence-based documentation to examine
the veracity of claims and beliefs about high-profile issues in
American culture and politics. This volume examines beliefs,
claims, and myths about free speech and censorship issues in
American society, including landmark court decisions and evolving
cultural values that have shaped our understanding of the First
Amendment and the liberties it enshrines and protects. Specific
chapters in the volume explore basic principles of free speech;
unprotected types of speech; conditionally protected speech;
restrictions and regulations governing protected speech; free
speech limitations in school settings; the corrosive impact of
politicians and social media platforms that spread distortions and
falsehoods under free speech pretexts; and free speech as a general
cultural ideal. Together, these chapters will provide readers with
a thorough and accurate grounding in their First Amendment rights
and responsibilities. Features an easy-to-navigate
question-and-answer format Accessibly explains key court decisions
governing the parameters of free speech rights and government
censorship in the United States Uses quantifiable data from
respected sources as the foundation for examining every issue
Provides readers with leads to conduct further research in Further
Reading sections Examines claims made by individuals and groups of
all political backgrounds and ideologies
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