Speech Rights in America: The First Amendment, Democracy, and the Media (The History of Media and Communication)

Stein, Laura

ISBN 10: 0252075366 / ISBN 13: 9780252075360

Published by University of Illinois Press (edition First Edition), 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Speech Rights in America: The First Amendment, Democracy, and the Media (The History of Media and Communication)
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press (edition First Edition)
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0252075366
• ISBN 13: 9780252075360
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

The First Amendment is the principle guarantor of speech rights in the United States. But the Supreme Court's interpretations of it often privilege the interests of media owners over those of the broader citizenry. 

Laura Stein argues that such rulings alienate citizens from their rights, corrupt the essential workings of democracy, and prevent the First Amendment from performing its critical role as a protector of free speech. Drawing on the best of the liberal democratic tradition, Stein demonstrates that there is a significant gap between First Amendment law and the speech rights necessary to democratic communication, and proposes an alternative set of principles to guide future judicial, legislative, and cultural policy on old and new media.

About the Author

Laura Stein is an assistant professor of communication at the University of Texas at Austin.