| Broadcast and Internet Indecency: Defining Free Speech Contributor(s): Lipschultz, Jeremy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0805859101 ISBN-13: 9780805859102 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $28.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Arts & Humanities - Law | Constitutional - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Dewey: 342.73 |
| LCCN: 2007025231 |
| Series: Routledge Communication |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6" W x 9" (1.45 lbs) 412 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Indecency--arguably among the most provocative and incendiary issues in today's media--is speech at the edge of social tolerance. This timely volume examines broadcast and Internet indecency from legal and social perspectives, utilizing current cases and well-publicized examples. In exploring the issues associated with this highly controversial area, author Jeremy Harris Lipschultz makes headway toward an understanding of how indecency, as communication on the fringes of social norms, functions in defining free expression through specific types of speech. He contrasts conceptualizations of indecency and obscenity, synthesizes case law and social research, and develops theoretical generalizations for future research and study. His work provides a comprehensive examination of broadcast and Internet indecency issues and cases that serve to test generalizations about freedom of expression and one's ability to define free speech. |