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A right to offend / Brian Winston.

By:

Winston, Brian [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Film + media studiesPublisher: London ; New York : Bloomsbury, 2012Description: xv, 414 pages ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1849660158
9781849660150
1849660034
9781849660037

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

323.44091821 22

LOC classification:

JC591 .W567 2012
K3253 .W567 2012

Contents:

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.

Summary: "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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"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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