Media and Law : Between Free Speech and Censorship.

Intro -- Half Title Page -- Series Editors Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- About the Contributors -- List of the Contributors -- Introduction: Mediating Between Liberty and Law -- References -- Part I: Spaces and Institutions of Free Speech -- Chapter 1: Fighting Censorship: A Shift from Freedom to Diversity -- Introduction -- Varieties of Censorship -- Forms of Censorship Not Readily Countered by Freedom -- Where it Gets Messy: News Filters and Varieties of Media Diversity -- When to Censor? -- Further Parallels Between Biodiversity, Cultural, and Media Diversity -- Freedom and Diversity -- References -- Chapter 2: Free Speech and Social Media in Academia -- Introduction -- Academia Meets the First Amendment -- Tenured and Untenured Faculty -- Faculty Social Media Posts: Newsworthy Cases -- University Policy Considerations: Academic Freedom and Civility -- University Admissions and the Impact of Cancel Culture -- Current Students -- Regulation of Off Campus Speech -- "Unprofessional" Social Media Speech -- Student Athletes -- Monitoring Student Athlete Social Media Accounts -- Social Media Training, NCAA Guidelines, and the Tinker Standard -- Regulating Free Speech in the University -- University Social Media Policies -- Password Protection Laws -- Title IX in the University -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Stories About Risk: Media Narratives of Known, Emerging, and Novel Health Threats -- Introduction -- Media and Risk -- Media and Science -- Telling Stories of Disease: Media Frames and Narratives -- Methodology -- Known Risks -- Emerging Risks -- Novel Risks -- Known Risk: Vaccine Hesitancy -- Vaccines Save Lives -- The Pleading Mother and the Vulnerable Child -- The Anti-vaxxer Threat -- Emerging Risk: AMR -- Underrepresentation of a Complex Risk -- Reproduction of Expert Discourse -- Novel Risk: SARS-CoV-2.

Politicization of Science -- Expert Disagreements -- Frustration over Shifting Guidelines -- Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Part II: The Internet as Public Sphere -- Chapter 4: Censoring Sex: Payment Platforms' Regulation of Sexual Expression -- Introduction -- Platform Surveillance -- Monitoring Bank Customers -- Money is Data -- Payment Platforms as Regulators -- Online Payment Ecosystem -- Banned Merchants Database -- "Being Mainstream Is Cheap" -- Laws Entrenching Financial Discrimination -- Digital Redlining -- Conclusion -- References -- Legislation -- Chapter 5: GAFAM and Hate Content Moderation: Deplatforming and Deleting the Alt-right -- Introduction -- The Rise of GAFAM, Platforms and the Alt-right -- Hate Speech, Cyber-libertarianism and Content Moderation -- Self-Policing Platforms -- Gafam's Hate Content Moderation Apparatuses -- Policy, Enforcement and Sanction -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Public Accusation on the Internet -- Introduction -- Sources of Public Accusation -- Accusation by the Media -- Accusation by the State -- Accusation by Another Individual -- The Internet and Eternal Accusation -- Sociolegal and Psychological Perspectives -- Sociology of Punishment -- Clickbait: Uses and Gratifications Theory -- Procedural Justice -- Legal Limitations for the Digitally Accused -- Cyber-defamation Law and Its Limits -- Public Records Law -- Privacy Law and the Right to Be Forgotten -- Implications for Accusers and the Accused -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III: Regulating Speech Across Nations -- Chapter 7: Freedom of Expression and Humor in Canada: The Case of Jérémy Gabriel v -- Introduction -- Freedom of Expression: Principle and Limits -- Strengths and Weaknesses of the Public Sphere -- Freedom of Expression: Foundations and Limitations -- Gabriel Versus Ward.

Litigation: Discrimination Versus Freedom of Expression -- The Facts About Jérémy Gabriel -- The Facts About Mike Ward -- The Legal Foundations of the Case -- Humor and Freedom of Expression: The Results of the Prosecutions -- The Other Issues in the Litigation -- How Laughter Occurs -- Ward's Growing Audience and Its Repercussions -- Ward's Publicity Strategy -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: Hate Speech, Media, and Canadian Federal Law -- Introduction -- The Origins of Canada's Hate Propaganda Laws -- Debating Canadian Hate Speech Laws -- Hate Propaganda Offences -- Criminal Code Cases -- Other Legal Restrictions Concerning Hatred -- The Canadian Human Rights Act, Section 13 -- The First Section 13 Complaint: Taylor and the Western Guard -- The Internet and Hate Speech -- Conclusion -- References -- Cases CIited -- Chapter 9: Media Law, Illiberal Democracy and the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Hungary -- Introduction -- The Lack of Independence of the "New" Media Institutions in Hungary: A "Diarchy with One King" -- A Centralized System with Broad Competences within All Media: Arbitrary Power and the Case of Klubrádió -- Hungarian Public Media and Political Control: The Centralization of News Production -- The "State of Danger," "State of Medical Crisis," and a Measure Limiting Independent Journalism: Reinforcing Government Powers During the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10: Stirring Up Strife: The Censorship of Communist Publications in Late Colonial India -- Introduction: The Case against Communist Literature -- The Legal Framework: The Operation of the General Communist Notification (1932) -- Censors' Debates and Dilemmas: The Case of John Strachey -- Changing Times, Changing Strategies: The Case of R. P. Dutt -- Efficiency and Evasion -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.

For its breadth and depth of research, this is an essential text for researchers and students of, sociology, law, criminology, and criminal justice. Everything from traditional mass media, to increasingly important social networking sites are explored to understand issues around free speech and censorship, in the modern day.

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