Full Description
In Media and Law: Between Free Speech and Censorship, Mathieu Deflem and Derek M.D Silva have gathered an interdisciplinary team of leading experts to make a valuable contribution to the existing literature. This volume explores free speech and the control thereof from both a political as well as cultural lens. These topics have once again moved center stage in scholarly as well as popular discussions on what must, should, and should not be said in the public sphere of ideas, opinions, and tastes. In a world of alternative facts, fake news, gender politics, company self-censorship, edited art, hate speech, and career-ending tweets, the chapters in this volume make a timely contribution.
Contents
Introduction; Mathieu
Deflem and Derek M.D. Silva
PART I. SPACES AND INSTITUTIONS OF FREE SPEECH Chapter 1. Fighting Censorship: A Shift from Freedom to Diversity; Anthony Löwstedt
Chapter 2, Free Speech and Social Media in Academia; Kimberly W. O'Connor and Gordon B. Schmidt
Chapter 3. Stories about Risk: Media Narratives of Known, Emerging and Novel Health Threats; Gabriela Capurro and Josh Greenberg
PART II. THE INTERNET AS PUBLIC SPHERE
Chapter 4. Censoring Sex: Payment Platforms' Regulation of Sexual Expression; Natasha Tusikov
Chapter 5. Gafam and Hate Content Moderation: Deplatforming and Deleting the Alt-right; Tanner Mirrlees
Chapter 6. Public Accusation on the Internet; Sarah Lageson and Kateryna Kaplun
PART III. REGULATING SPEECH ACROSS NATIONS
Chapter 7. Freedom of Expression and Humour in Canada: The Case of Jérémy Gabriel vs Mike Ward; Anne-Marie Gingras
Chapter 8. Hate Speech, Media, and Canadian Federal Law; Allyson M. Lunny
Chapter 9. Media Law, Illiberal Democracy and the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Case of Hungary; Lucia Bellucci
Chapter 10. Stirring up Strife: The Censorship of Communist Publications in Late Colonial India; Devika Sethi
