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Freeing the Presses - The First Amendment in Action (Hardcover)
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Freeing the Presses - The First Amendment in Action (Hardcover)
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Freeing the Presses offers a path-breaking inquiry into the theory
and practice of freedom of the press at a critical time in the
growing overlap between modern media and political discussion. Six
political communication scholars draw upon history, sociology,
political science, legal philosophy, and journalism to investigate
whether the freedoms and privileges given to the news media and to
reporters actually produce the results we expect. Their discussion
covers past, present, and future media performance and engages a
wide range of provocative questions: What understanding did the
founders of the Constitution have of the press? Does the legal
protection given to the press actually produce more free-wheeling
news? Just how independent are the news media from political and
other power centers? Must we accept a scurrilous, "unlovable" press
if we are to have such independence? How will freedom of the press
be changed by the new heady mix of mass-, middle-, and micromedia,
and of citizen news-producers? Answers to these questions receive
added perspective in an introductory essay by Timothy E. Cook and
commentaries by four First Amendment experts. A book that will be
welcomed by scholars, students, and anyone who relies on the
freedom of the press in practice, Freeing the Presses addresses the
important question of how best to pursue a media system that
fulfills the demands of a democratic polity.
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