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Free Expression in the Twenty-first Century
Brian Winston
ISBN: 9781849660037
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A Right to Offend explores the most important cases of conflict over the last two decades, including the fatwa against Salman Rushdie and the incident of the Danish cartoons. It provides unique insight into the increasingly threatened atmosphere in which freedom of speech operates and how it continues to inform journalism and the media.
Over the past two decades, there have been a series of events that have brought into question the concept and practice of free expression. In this new book, Winston provides an account of the current state of freedom of expression in the western world. He analyses all the most pertinent cases of conflict during the last two decades - including the fatwa against Salman Rushdie, the incident of the Danish cartoons and offended celebrities - examining cultural, legal and journalistic aspects of each case. A Right to Offend offers us a deeper understanding of the increasingly threatening environment in which free speech operates and is defended, as well as how it informs and is central to journalism practice and media freedom more generally. It is important reading for all those interested in freedom of expression in the twenty-first century.
| ISBN | 1849660034 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | ISBN13 | 9781849660037
(What's this?) | | Pages | 432 | | Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic | | Height (mm) | 234 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 156 | | Publication date | 13 Sep 2012 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY | 323.44 | |
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Introduction: The Argument Part One: The Challenge Foreword: A Lesson to the Circumspect A Story to Pass the Waking Hours of the Night A More Remarkable StoryGive Me More of these Examples Afterword: Perceive the Dawn of the Day Part Two: The Brief (1)Foreword: Actus Reus Supresso VeriActionesConsensuAfterword: Ceteris Paribus Part Three: The Brief (2) Foreword: Non SequiturCustos MorumEx ConcessisConsensus ad IdemSugestio FalsiAfterword: Contra Ius Commune Part Four: The Defence Foreword: Accedas ad CuriamMens ReaObita DictaStare DecisisAfterword: Post Mortem
Every generation needs to be reminded, in George Orwell's words, that "Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear". This message is even more important in our globalized and networked world, in which nearly everyone, it seems, can speak and be heard. As usual, Brian Winston is an ideal guide to the past as well as the present and even the future challenges faced by those who are devoted to preserving this most basic human right. -- Larry Gross USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism  Be the first to write a customer review
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