Freedom of expression :

Zeno-Zencovich, Vincenzo.

Freedom of expression : a critical and comparative analysis / Vincenzo Zeno-Zencovich. - Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; New York : Routledge-Cavendish, 2008. - ix, 148 p. ; 23 cm. - University of Texas at Austin studies in foreign and transnational law . - University of Texas at Austin studies in foreign and transnational law. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [132]-145) and index.

Introduction -- Freedom to print or freedom of the press? -- printing industry -- Freedom to print -- Limits to freedom to print and freedom of the press -- distinction between individual and corporate exercise -- Distinctions based on the content of what is expressed -- Information as a product -- Facts vs. opinions -- framework for informational activity -- press as power -- myth of public opinion -- Broadcasting -- Control over broadcasting media -- Pluralism -- Broadcasting as an entertainment industry -- Broadcasting and public service -- Television as a 'bad teacher' -- Television and televisions -- TV broadcasting and political communication -- Journalistic activity -- Journalism as an occupation -- Access to the profession -- Informational privileges -- Journalists and professional diligence -- ch. 1. 1.1. The 1.2. 1.3. 1.3.1. The 1.3.2. 1.3.3. 1.4. 1.5. A 1.6. The 1.7. The ch. 2. 2.1. 2.2. 2.3. 2.4. 2.5. 2.6. 2.7. ch. 3. 3.1. 3.2. 3.3. 3.4. Freedom of expression as an alienable right -- issue of so-called 'inalienable rights' -- obligation to express a certain opinion -- obligation not to express one's own opinions -- Advertising -- Advertising a part of the product -- Commercial advertising as part of the market -- 'Harmful' ideals -- Advertising as a means of financing freedom of expression -- Freedom of expression and economic regulation -- Ideas as products -- Business information -- Information and competition -- Market failures and public regulation -- main areas of conflict : pornography, peaceful coexistence, national security -- Freedom of expression and public morality -- Incitement and 'fighting words' -- National security and wartime -- ch. 4. 4.1. The 4.2. The 4.3. The ch. 5. 5.1. 5.2. 5.3. 5.4. ch. 6. 6.1. 6.2. 6.3. 6.4. ch. 7. The 7.1. 7.2. 7.3. Towards a European framework? -- civil law/common law divide -- making of a European itus commune -- role of the Council of Europe -- 'TV without frontiers' directive -- 'Freedom of the media' in the European Charter of Fundamental Rights -- Pluralism and media diversity -- fruits - and contradictions - of convergence -- Freedom of expression in the Internet age -- Freedom of expression as an individual freedom -- media and the loss of their intermediary role -- world of information -- Rules for communicating on the web -- How the communications networks influence freedom of expression -- Limitations to freedom on the Internet -- Business activity on the Internet -- trans-national dimension -- ch. 8. 8.1. A 8.2. The 8.3. The 8.4. The 8.5. 8.6. 8.7. The ch. 9. 9.1. 9.2. The 9.3. A 9.4. 9.5. 9.6. 9.7. 9.8. The From information, to communication, to knowledge -- Freedom to disseminate data -- Freedom to disseminate data -- right to access information -- right to be informed -- Legal information as a right -- juridification of information and knowledge -- Patents law -- Software protection -- Database protection -- Protection of know-how -- Copyright -- Industrial secrets -- Protection of personal data -- knowledge society -- Conclusive remarks -- Freedom of expression as a variable freedom -- relational freedom -- functional freedom -- individual freedom -- freedom at a cost -- References -- Index. ch. 10. 10.1. 10.1. 10.2. The 10.3. The 10.4. 10.5. The 10.5.1. 10.5.2. 10.5.3. 10.5.4. 10.5.5. 10.5.6. 10.5.7. 10.6. The ch. 11. 11.1. 11.2. A 11.3. A 11.4. An 11.5. A

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