Free Speech and False Speech

Political Deception and Its Legal Limits (Or Lack Thereof)

Robert N. Spicer (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

VII, 158 Seiten

2019 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-09912-1 (ISBN)

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This book examines the history of the legal discourse around political falsehood and its future in the wake of the 2012 US Supreme Court decision in US v. Alvarez through communication law, political philosophy, and communication theory perspectives. As US v. Alvarez confirmed First Amendment protection for lies, Robert N. Spicer addresses how the ramifications of that decision function by looking at statutory and judicial handling of First Amendment protection for political deception. Illustrating how commercial speech is regulated but political speech is not, Spicer evaluates the role of deception in politics and its consequences for democracy in a contemporary political environment where political personalities, partisan media, and dark money donors bend the truth and abuse the virtue of free expression.

Robert N. Spicer is Assistant Professor of Digital Journalism at Millersville University, USA. His work has been published in journals such as the Journal of Media Education, Techne: Research in Philosophy and Technology, and the Jefferson Journal of Science and Culture.

1. Lies, Damn Lies, Alternative Facts, Fake News, Propaganda, Pinocchios, Pants on Fire, Disinformation, Misinformation, Post-Truth, Data, and Statistics.- 2. Conduct, Affiliation, and Messages: A Typology of Statutes Addressing Political Deception.- 3. The Judicial Discourse in the Handling of Political Misinformation (and Disinformation).- 4. Three Recent Cases: Alvarez, 281 CARE, and SBAL.- 5. Conclusion: Two Paths in the Legal Woods.

Erscheinungsdatum	18.02.2019
Zusatzinfo	VII, 158 p.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	227 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
Schlagworte	281 CARE Committee v. Arneson • False Political Speech • First Amendment • Free Speech • political communication • Political Deception • Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus • US politics • U.S. v. Alvarez
ISBN-10	3-030-09912-1 / 3030099121
ISBN-13	978-3-030-09912-1 / 9783030099121
Zustand	Neuware