Schroeder The Press Clause and Digital Technology's Fourth Wave

Media Law and the Symbiotic Web
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-351-98467-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 214 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Media Law and Policy

During the first part of the twenty-first century, bloggers, citizen journalists, social media users, Yelp reviewers, and a myriad of other communicators have found themselves facing defamation, privacy, campaign finance, and other lawsuits as a result of the messages they have communicated. In many ways, these communicators are facing legal questions that are similar to what traditional journalists have faced for centuries regarding their rights to publish information. This book examines how the press clause, a First Amendment freedom with no agreed-upon definition, can be understood in order to help guide the courts and twenty-first-century publishers regarding protecting expression as we move into the fourth wave of networked communication. To do so, the book draws upon the discourse theory of communication in democratic society, the legal and foundational history of the press clause, lower-court cases that involve citizen publishers who have claimed protections that have historically been associated with traditional journalism, and established legal and scholarly examinations of artificial intelligence to ultimately construct a framework for how the press clause can be reimagined to protect older and newer generations of publishers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schroeder, Jared

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Journalismus & Presse
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften
• Rechtswissenschaften Wirtschaftsrecht Medienrecht Telekommunikationsrecht, IT-Recht, Internetrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

2. Knowledge Through Discourse

3. The Supreme Court, the Press Clause, and Journalism

4. Fledgling Online Collectives

5. Stand-Alone Citizen Publishers

6. Tweets, Snaps, and Posts

7. Artificially Intelligent Speakers

8. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Jared Schroeder is Assistant Professor in the Division of Journalism at Southern Methodist University, USA.