Free speech in the new media
By: edited by Thomas Gibbons.
Contributors: Gibbons, Thomas.
Series: Library of essays in media law; Library of essays in media law
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 557
ISBN-13: 9780754627913
Subjects: Freedom of speech; Telecommunication -- Law and legislation; Mass media -- Law and legislation
Description: This volume deals with questions of political and constitutional principle and theory that affect the law and regulation of content in new media that are based on digital technology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Freedom of the press and public access : toward a theory of partial regulation of the mass media / Lee C. Bollinger, Jr.; title: Broadcasting and speech / Jonathan Weinberg; title: Converging First Amendment principles for converging communications media / Thomas G. Krattenmaker and L.A. Powe, Jr.; title: Digital speech and democratic culture : a theory of freedom of expression for the information society / Jack M. Balkin; title: Media freedom and political debate in the digital era / Jacob Rowbottom; title: Culture and consumerism : citizenship, public service broadcasting and the BBC's fair trading obligations / Georgina Born and Tony Prosser; title: European controls on member state promotion and regulation of the public service broadcasting and broadcasting standards / Mike Varney; title: A marketplace approach to broadcast regulation / Mark S. Fowler and Daniel L. Brenner; title: You can't say "God" on the radio : freedom of expression, religious advertising and the broadcast media after Murphy v Ireland / Andrew Geddis; title: "A monstrous and unjustifiable infringement"? : political expression and the broadcasting ban on advocacy advertising / Andrew Scott; title: The newness of new technology / Monroe E. Price; title: Beyond Madison? : the U.S. Supreme Court and the regulation of sexually explicit expression / Ian Cram; title: The revised television without frontiers directive : is it fit for the next century? / Berend Jan Drijber; title: Media convergence and the regulation of audiovisual content : is the European Community's audiovisual media services directive fit for purpose? / Rachael Craufurd Smith; title: The value of commercial speech / Colin R. Munro.