A Free and Regulated Press: Defending Coercive Independent Press Regulation
Autor Dr Paul Wraggen Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 noi 2021
Why do we say the printed press has a duty to act as a public watchdog when there is no legally enforceable apparatus by which to ensure it does? Why does government constantly recommend that the press regulate itself when history shows this model always fails? Why do victims of press malfeasance continue to suffer needlessly?
By deconstructing the accepted view of press freedom and mandatory regulation, this book shows that both are deeply misunderstood. The prevailing notion that the press must serve the public is an empty relic of Victorian ideology that is both philosophically incoherent and legally unjustifiable. The press is obliged to make good, not do good.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781509943760
ISBN-10: 1509943765
Pagini: 328
Dimensiuni: 150 x 232 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Hart Publishing
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1509943765
Pagini: 328
Dimensiuni: 150 x 232 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Hart Publishing
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Cuprins
PART 1
RATIONALE
1. Unity in Press Freedom Theory
I. Introduction
II. The Modern View
III. The Teleological View in its Historical Context
IV. Conclusion
2. Division in Press Regulatory Theory
I. Introduction
II. Press Regulation in Practice
III. The Ideological Divide Over Press Regulation
IV. The Press Reform Debate and its Discontents
V. Conclusion
PART 2
RIGHT
3. Duty
I. Introduction
II. Duty as a Legal Claim
III. Duty as a Moral Justification
IV. Conclusion
4. Responsibility
I. Introduction
II. Burdens for Benefits
III. Responsibilities Curbing Misuse of Power
IV. Professionalism and the Dualism of Responsibility
V. Conclusion
5. Accountability
I. Introduction
II. Mill's Argument from Truth
III. Liberty, Rationality, and the Press
IV. The Accountability Model Outlined
V. Liberty and the Press
VI. Conclusion
PART 3
REGULATION
6. Society
I. Introduction
II. The Meaning of Accuracy
III. The Harm of Inaccuracy
IV. The Limits of Accuracy Regulation
V. Conclusion
7. Victims
I. Introduction
II. Content
III. Conduct
IV. Public Interest Expression
V. Conclusion
8. Readers
I. Introduction
II. Consumer Protection
III. Autonomy and Automatons
IV. Conclusion
PART 4
REALISATION
9. How?
I. Introduction
II. Terminal Failings in the Contractual Model
III. Statutory Regulation, Press Freedom, and Pareidolia
IV. Sanctions
V. Conclusion
10. Why?
I. Introduction
II. Why Regulate the Press?
III. Why Regulate the Press?
IV. Why Not?
RATIONALE
1. Unity in Press Freedom Theory
I. Introduction
II. The Modern View
III. The Teleological View in its Historical Context
IV. Conclusion
2. Division in Press Regulatory Theory
I. Introduction
II. Press Regulation in Practice
III. The Ideological Divide Over Press Regulation
IV. The Press Reform Debate and its Discontents
V. Conclusion
PART 2
RIGHT
3. Duty
I. Introduction
II. Duty as a Legal Claim
III. Duty as a Moral Justification
IV. Conclusion
4. Responsibility
I. Introduction
II. Burdens for Benefits
III. Responsibilities Curbing Misuse of Power
IV. Professionalism and the Dualism of Responsibility
V. Conclusion
5. Accountability
I. Introduction
II. Mill's Argument from Truth
III. Liberty, Rationality, and the Press
IV. The Accountability Model Outlined
V. Liberty and the Press
VI. Conclusion
PART 3
REGULATION
6. Society
I. Introduction
II. The Meaning of Accuracy
III. The Harm of Inaccuracy
IV. The Limits of Accuracy Regulation
V. Conclusion
7. Victims
I. Introduction
II. Content
III. Conduct
IV. Public Interest Expression
V. Conclusion
8. Readers
I. Introduction
II. Consumer Protection
III. Autonomy and Automatons
IV. Conclusion
PART 4
REALISATION
9. How?
I. Introduction
II. Terminal Failings in the Contractual Model
III. Statutory Regulation, Press Freedom, and Pareidolia
IV. Sanctions
V. Conclusion
10. Why?
I. Introduction
II. Why Regulate the Press?
III. Why Regulate the Press?
IV. Why Not?
Recenzii
The merits of this volume are numerous. The "liberation" of the press from its public interest obligations promotes purity of doctrine, which can focus individual legal systems even more on the freedom of debate in public affairs. At least as important is the parallel statement that the reader has a responsibility to be properly informed and cannot expect it from a press regulatory body, and that the democratic public sphere is thus made up of the efforts of many participants readers, advertisers, journalists, and publishers. The recognition of the multifaceted nature of the "freedom of the press" is also an important insight, as a result of which it may be worth rethinking some of the theoretical foundations of the freedom of the press. In addition, the volume argues convincingly that "coercive"-that is, statutory-regulation in the field of the press is not incompatible with protecting freedom of the press. The author thus successfully shakes up "dead dogmas". Mill himself would be proud.
Wragg's forensic examination of the fuzziness surrounding the concept of press freedom makes the book a must-buy for university reading lists.
This is an important book. It is a fine example of the contribution to legal thinking that only academic writers can make. Wragg fulfils his promise to rethink ideas to which the courts and other commentators repeatedly refer, but which they do not explain.
A novel, critical, and comprehensive reassessment of the normative underpinnings of press freedom . A Free and Regulated Press will undoubtedly have a major influence on scholarship (and perhaps even policy) on the rationale for and boundaries of press freedom. At the very least, it raises the bar that needs to be met by those who seek to defend the classical normative conception of press freedom and the justifications for its protection from any form of regulation whatsoever.
Wragg's book-impressive in both scope and depth of analysis-is set to make a timely, novel, and much-needed contribution to the international press-regulation literature and to spur important debates about the basic values that undergird our thinking in the field. In a scholarly space in which much of even the best work is rooted in outcome preference or policy particulars, this manuscript offers a refreshing intellectual integrity and tackles the much larger and more important task of examining the core philosophical foundations of our most pressing media-freedom questions. I anxiously await it as a reference that I am sure I will cite with frequency, and I know for certain I am not alone in this assessment.
In A Free and Regulated Press, Paul Wragg offers an original theoretical perspective that challenges a widely held understanding of media freedom. The book then sets out a fresh rationale for press regulation that is rooted in accountability. This is an important contribution to the literature on media freedom, which will interest media scholars and provide an important reference in future debates on media policy.
In both its breadth and its depth, this intellectual tour de force of press freedom's history of ideas is unrivalled in legal literature... This book makes a strong and convincing contribution to the debate on freedom of the press and its limits. It will hopefully not only receive the academic praise it deserves, but also the attention of policymakers and practitioners. Anyone working in the area of press freedom and regulation must engage with Paul Wragg's ideas and observations. Failing to do so would be an inexcusable omission.
Paul Wragg's fresh and exciting take on the subject refocuses our attention on the harm the press does to victims and the need to find a meaningful regulatory solution.
Wragg's forensic examination of the fuzziness surrounding the concept of press freedom makes the book a must-buy for university reading lists.
This is an important book. It is a fine example of the contribution to legal thinking that only academic writers can make. Wragg fulfils his promise to rethink ideas to which the courts and other commentators repeatedly refer, but which they do not explain.
A novel, critical, and comprehensive reassessment of the normative underpinnings of press freedom . A Free and Regulated Press will undoubtedly have a major influence on scholarship (and perhaps even policy) on the rationale for and boundaries of press freedom. At the very least, it raises the bar that needs to be met by those who seek to defend the classical normative conception of press freedom and the justifications for its protection from any form of regulation whatsoever.
Wragg's book-impressive in both scope and depth of analysis-is set to make a timely, novel, and much-needed contribution to the international press-regulation literature and to spur important debates about the basic values that undergird our thinking in the field. In a scholarly space in which much of even the best work is rooted in outcome preference or policy particulars, this manuscript offers a refreshing intellectual integrity and tackles the much larger and more important task of examining the core philosophical foundations of our most pressing media-freedom questions. I anxiously await it as a reference that I am sure I will cite with frequency, and I know for certain I am not alone in this assessment.
In A Free and Regulated Press, Paul Wragg offers an original theoretical perspective that challenges a widely held understanding of media freedom. The book then sets out a fresh rationale for press regulation that is rooted in accountability. This is an important contribution to the literature on media freedom, which will interest media scholars and provide an important reference in future debates on media policy.
In both its breadth and its depth, this intellectual tour de force of press freedom's history of ideas is unrivalled in legal literature... This book makes a strong and convincing contribution to the debate on freedom of the press and its limits. It will hopefully not only receive the academic praise it deserves, but also the attention of policymakers and practitioners. Anyone working in the area of press freedom and regulation must engage with Paul Wragg's ideas and observations. Failing to do so would be an inexcusable omission.
Paul Wragg's fresh and exciting take on the subject refocuses our attention on the harm the press does to victims and the need to find a meaningful regulatory solution.