Broadcast and internet indecency : defining free speech /

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Author / Creator:Lipschultz, Jeremy Harris, 1958-
Imprint:New York : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2008.
Description:1 online resource (xii, 405 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Lea's communication series
LEA's communication series.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12011232
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ISBN:9780203927120
0203927125
1281102423
9781281102423
0805859098
0805859101
9780805859096
9780805859102
9780415964715
9786611102425
6611102426
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 388-400) and index.
English.
Print version record.
Summary: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.
Other form:Print version: Lipschultz, Jeremy Harris, 1958- Broadcast and internet indecency. New York : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2008 9780805859096 0805859098