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Freedom of expression : a critical and comparative analysis / Vincenzo Zeno-Zencovich.

By: Material type: TextSeries: University of Texas at Austin studies in foreign and transnational lawPublication details: Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; New York : Routledge-Cavendish, 2008.Description: ix, 148 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780415466707
  • 0415466709
  • 9780415471558
  • 0415471559
  • 9780203893081
  • 0203893085
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 342.408/5 22
LOC classification:
  • KJC5154 .Z46 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- ch. 1. Freedom to print or freedom of the press? -- 1.1. The printing industry -- 1.2. Freedom to print -- 1.3. Limits to freedom to print and freedom of the press -- 1.3.1. The distinction between individual and corporate exercise -- 1.3.2. Distinctions based on the content of what is expressed -- 1.3.3. Information as a product -- 1.4. Facts vs. opinions -- 1.5. A framework for informational activity -- 1.6. The press as power -- 1.7. The myth of public opinion -- ch. 2. Broadcasting -- 2.1. Control over broadcasting media -- 2.2. Pluralism -- 2.3. Broadcasting as an entertainment industry -- 2.4. Broadcasting and public service -- 2.5. Television as a 'bad teacher' -- 2.6. Television and televisions -- 2.7. TV broadcasting and political communication -- ch. 3. Journalistic activity -- 3.1. Journalism as an occupation -- 3.2. Access to the profession -- 3.3. Informational privileges -- 3.4. Journalists and professional diligence --
ch. 4. Freedom of expression as an alienable right -- 4.1. The issue of so-called 'inalienable rights' -- 4.2. The obligation to express a certain opinion -- 4.3. The obligation not to express one's own opinions -- ch. 5. Advertising -- 5.1. Advertising a part of the product -- 5.2. Commercial advertising as part of the market -- 5.3. 'Harmful' ideals -- 5.4. Advertising as a means of financing freedom of expression -- ch. 6. Freedom of expression and economic regulation -- 6.1. Ideas as products -- 6.2. Business information -- 6.3. Information and competition -- 6.4. Market failures and public regulation -- ch. 7. The main areas of conflict : pornography, peaceful coexistence, national security -- 7.1. Freedom of expression and public morality -- 7.2. Incitement and 'fighting words' -- 7.3. National security and wartime --
ch. 8. Towards a European framework? -- 8.1. A civil law/common law divide -- 8.2. The making of a European itus commune -- 8.3. The role of the Council of Europe -- 8.4. The 'TV without frontiers' directive -- 8.5. 'Freedom of the media' in the European Charter of Fundamental Rights -- 8.6. Pluralism and media diversity -- 8.7. The fruits - and contradictions - of convergence -- ch. 9. Freedom of expression in the Internet age -- 9.1. Freedom of expression as an individual freedom -- 9.2. The media and the loss of their intermediary role -- 9.3. A world of information -- 9.4. Rules for communicating on the web -- 9.5. How the communications networks influence freedom of expression -- 9.6. Limitations to freedom on the Internet -- 9.7. Business activity on the Internet -- 9.8. The trans-national dimension --
ch. 10. From information, to communication, to knowledge -- 10.1. Freedom to disseminate data -- 10.1. Freedom to disseminate data -- 10.2. The right to access information -- 10.3. The right to be informed -- 10.4. Legal information as a right -- 10.5. The juridification of information and knowledge -- 10.5.1. Patents law -- 10.5.2. Software protection -- 10.5.3. Database protection -- 10.5.4. Protection of know-how -- 10.5.5. Copyright -- 10.5.6. Industrial secrets -- 10.5.7. Protection of personal data -- 10.6. The knowledge society -- ch. 11. Conclusive remarks -- 11.1. Freedom of expression as a variable freedom -- 11.2. A relational freedom -- 11.3. A functional freedom -- 11.4. An individual freedom -- 11.5. A freedom at a cost -- References -- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [132]-145) and index.

Introduction -- ch. 1. Freedom to print or freedom of the press? -- 1.1. The printing industry -- 1.2. Freedom to print -- 1.3. Limits to freedom to print and freedom of the press -- 1.3.1. The distinction between individual and corporate exercise -- 1.3.2. Distinctions based on the content of what is expressed -- 1.3.3. Information as a product -- 1.4. Facts vs. opinions -- 1.5. A framework for informational activity -- 1.6. The press as power -- 1.7. The myth of public opinion -- ch. 2. Broadcasting -- 2.1. Control over broadcasting media -- 2.2. Pluralism -- 2.3. Broadcasting as an entertainment industry -- 2.4. Broadcasting and public service -- 2.5. Television as a 'bad teacher' -- 2.6. Television and televisions -- 2.7. TV broadcasting and political communication -- ch. 3. Journalistic activity -- 3.1. Journalism as an occupation -- 3.2. Access to the profession -- 3.3. Informational privileges -- 3.4. Journalists and professional diligence --

ch. 4. Freedom of expression as an alienable right -- 4.1. The issue of so-called 'inalienable rights' -- 4.2. The obligation to express a certain opinion -- 4.3. The obligation not to express one's own opinions -- ch. 5. Advertising -- 5.1. Advertising a part of the product -- 5.2. Commercial advertising as part of the market -- 5.3. 'Harmful' ideals -- 5.4. Advertising as a means of financing freedom of expression -- ch. 6. Freedom of expression and economic regulation -- 6.1. Ideas as products -- 6.2. Business information -- 6.3. Information and competition -- 6.4. Market failures and public regulation -- ch. 7. The main areas of conflict : pornography, peaceful coexistence, national security -- 7.1. Freedom of expression and public morality -- 7.2. Incitement and 'fighting words' -- 7.3. National security and wartime --

ch. 8. Towards a European framework? -- 8.1. A civil law/common law divide -- 8.2. The making of a European itus commune -- 8.3. The role of the Council of Europe -- 8.4. The 'TV without frontiers' directive -- 8.5. 'Freedom of the media' in the European Charter of Fundamental Rights -- 8.6. Pluralism and media diversity -- 8.7. The fruits - and contradictions - of convergence -- ch. 9. Freedom of expression in the Internet age -- 9.1. Freedom of expression as an individual freedom -- 9.2. The media and the loss of their intermediary role -- 9.3. A world of information -- 9.4. Rules for communicating on the web -- 9.5. How the communications networks influence freedom of expression -- 9.6. Limitations to freedom on the Internet -- 9.7. Business activity on the Internet -- 9.8. The trans-national dimension --

ch. 10. From information, to communication, to knowledge -- 10.1. Freedom to disseminate data -- 10.1. Freedom to disseminate data -- 10.2. The right to access information -- 10.3. The right to be informed -- 10.4. Legal information as a right -- 10.5. The juridification of information and knowledge -- 10.5.1. Patents law -- 10.5.2. Software protection -- 10.5.3. Database protection -- 10.5.4. Protection of know-how -- 10.5.5. Copyright -- 10.5.6. Industrial secrets -- 10.5.7. Protection of personal data -- 10.6. The knowledge society -- ch. 11. Conclusive remarks -- 11.1. Freedom of expression as a variable freedom -- 11.2. A relational freedom -- 11.3. A functional freedom -- 11.4. An individual freedom -- 11.5. A freedom at a cost -- References -- Index.

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