chapter 16: legal controls and freedom of expression
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Chapter 16:
Legal Controls and Freedom of Expression
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Some guiding questions
What is the American notion of free expression?
What is a free press?How does the First Amendment
protect media expression?What are special issues regarding
broadcasting and the Internet?
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Cultural and social struggles over free
speech and freedom of the press have defined the nature of American
democracy.
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FIRST AMENDMENT to the U.S. Constitution
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
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Food for thought:
To what degree should the
government regulate -- or protect -- forms of media expression?
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Global Models for Expression of Ideas
Authoritarian modelCommunist or state
modelLibertarian modelSocial-responsibility
model
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CENSORSHIP AS PRIOR RESTRAINT: CASES
Near vs. Minnesota, 1931
Pentagon Papers, 1971Progressive magazine,
1979
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UNPROTECTED FORMS OF EXPRESSION
Sedition ActEspionage ActsFalse or misleading advertisingExpressions that threaten
public safetyLibel (defamation of character
in written expression)
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Defenses against Libel Charges
Checking truthfulness and accuracy of statements
Absolute privilege and qualified privilege (in legal proceedings)
Framing statements as “opinion and fair comment”
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The Right of Privacy
Protection of celebrities and public figures from invasive media
Anti-paparazzi laws in some states1999 Supreme Court ruling
prohibiting TV cameras from photographing crime raids without approval of occupants
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INVASION OF PRIVACY includes
Intrusion (recording or surveillance devices)
Publication of private matters
Unauthorized appropriation of a person’s name or image for commercial purposes
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Food for thought:
What are some privacy issues regarding the
Internet?
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OBSCENITY
What is it? How to define it?Who should define it?Should it be protected as a
legitimate form of expression?Should purveyors of it be
prosecuted as a criminal offense?
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Roth v. United States, 1957
1957 Supreme Court case defined obscenity as that which appealed to “prurient interests” when “taken as a whole” by the “average person” using “contemporary standards”
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Miller v. California, 1973
A work was considered obscene if The average person, applying
contemporary community standards, found that material as a whole appealed to prurient interests
It depicts or describes sexual conduct in a patently offensive way
It lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value
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FIRST V. SIXTH AMENDMENT
Sixth amendment guarantees accused the right to a speedy trial by an IMPARTIAL jury.
Cases occur in which news media heavily publicize details of a criminal case.
In such cases, it becomes difficult to find an impartial jury.
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Some Sixth Amendment issues
Sequestering juries
Gag ordersShield lawsCameras in the
courtroomReports published
on Internet
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FILM AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT
Early 20th century: censorship groups formed to “protect” children and working-class immigrants from immoral images.
Local film review boards censored films.1908-1912: federal law against boxing
films1915 Supreme Court decision (Mutual v.
Ohio) ruled that film was not a form of protected speech.
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Self-Regulation in Hollywood
Public pressure, film review boards, and industry scandals led to self-regulation.
Formed the MPPDA (Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America), led by President Will Hays.
In 1930s, established MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION CODE to set moral standards.
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RATING MOVIE CONTENT:
G, PG, R or X?
Movie rating system developed in late 1960s by Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)
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BROADCASTING and CENSORSHIP ISSUES
The Communications Act of 1934 mandated that broadcasters operate to serve the public interest.
Who controls the airwaves?Are the airwaves different
from newspaper pages?
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BROADCASTING and the FIRST AMENDMENT
Cold War-era blacklisting of suspected “left-wing” performers and artists: fear of Communist influence in television
Red Lion v. FCC case (1969)Miami Herald v. Tornillo (1974)Pacifica v. FCC (1972-1979)
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POLITICS, BROADCASTING AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT
Equal time law in Section 315 of 1934 Communications Act
Law amended in 1959 to exempt newscasts, press conferences, and political debates
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THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE
FCC rule initiated in 1949.Required stations to engage in
controversial-issues programming and to provide competing points of view
Repealed in 1987 by federal court ruling.
However, movements to revive Fairness Doctrine still exist.
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Journalistic Ethics in the Age of Media Conglomerate
OwnershipCan news media run reports
critical of their parent companies?•ABC News and Disney•Time magazine and Time Warner•NBC News and General Electric•CBS News and Viacom
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CYBERSPACE, EXPRESSION,
and DEMOCRACY
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Public debates about the Internet
First Amendment issues, such as allowing pornography or hate sites on Internet
Seeming lack of public concern regarding implications of ownership issues as it becomes more privatized
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Will the Internet continue to develop democratically rather than hierarchically?
To what degree will it be shaped by governments or
corporate interests?
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Can the Internet fulfill its promise as a democratic forum
that enables and activates social
change?