A right to offend / Brian Winston.
Material type: TextSeries: Film + media studiesPublisher: London ; New York : Bloomsbury, 2012Description: xv, 414 pages ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1849660158
- 9781849660150
- 1849660034
- 9781849660037
- 323.44091821 22
- JC591 .W567 2012
- K3253 .W567 2012
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 323.44091821 WIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A519878B |
"Film and media studies"--Cover p. 4.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 372-398) and index.
Prosecution -- Defence. Histories--to dispel the shadow of the Fatwa ; Enlightenment--to frustrate the treason of the clerks ; Law--to correct the abuses of Hackgate.
"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."--Publisher's website.
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