Speech, Media and Ethics: The Limits of Free Expression: Critical Studies on Freedom of Expression, Freedom of the Press and the Public's Right to Know

by R. Cohen-Almagor

Overview

Speech, Media, and Ethics: The Limits of Free Expression is an interdisciplinary work that employs ethics, liberal philosophy, and legal and media studies to outline boundaries to freedom of expression and freedom of the press conducive to protecting basic human and civic rights. Moral principles are applied to analyze practical questions that deal with free expression and its limits.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403947093
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	04/18/2001
Edition description:	2001
Pages:	217
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

Raphael Cohen-Almagor is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Communication at the University of Haifa in Israel.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Geoffrey Marshall
• Introduction
• Part I: Freedom of Expression
• Harm Principle, Offense Principle, and Hate Speech
• The Right to Demonstrate v. the Right to Privacy: Picketing Private Homes of Public Officials
• The Right to Participate in Elections: Judicial and Practical Considerations
• Part II: Media Ethics, Freedom and Responsibilities
• Objective Reporting in the Media: Phantom Rather than Pancea
• Ethical Boundaries of Media Coverage
• Media Coverage of Suicide: Comparative Analysis
• The Work of the Press Councils in Great Britain, Canada, and Israel: A Comparative Approach
• Appendix: Perceptions of Media Coverage among the Israeli-Jewish Public: A Reflection of Existing Social Cleavages? (with Itzhak Yanovitzky)

Editorial Reviews

Cohen-Almagor (communication, U. of Haifa) incorporates ethics, liberal philosophy, and legal and media studies in this examination of tolerance and the problems of maintaining a free press given the forces that threaten the institutions of contemporary society. His analysis of freedom of expression considers the right to demonstrate; the right to picket the homes of public officials; and the right to compete in elections. An examination of freedom of the press looks at objective reporting in the media; ethical boundaries of media coverage; the concept of the public's right to know and its ethical constraints; and a comparison of the work of the press councils of Great Britain, Canada, and Israel. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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