The illusion of the free press / John Charney.
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TextPublisher: Oxford, UK ; Portland, OR, USA : Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2018Description: xxii, 185 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781509908875; 1509908870; 1509908897; 9781509908899; 1509908889; 9781509908882Subject(s): Freedom of the press | Freedom of speech | Truth | Freedom of speech | Freedom of the press | Truth | Freedom of the press | Freedom of expression | Human rights | Legal theoryAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Illusion of the free press.DDC classification: 342.08/53 LOC classification: K3255 | .C43 2018Online resources: View online | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| 書 | 世新大學圖書館 法律學院資料中心 | 圖書 | 342.0853 Ch 2018 (Browse shelf) | Checked out | 2024-06-18 | E136048 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Free press : necessary illusions -- The classic theory and the quest for truth -- Truth and politics : democratic justifications of a free press -- Freedom of speech and autonomy : towards the discovery of the true self -- Freedom and truth.
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"This book explores the relationship between truth and freedom in the free press. It argues that the relationship is problematic because the free press implies a competition between plural ideas, whereas truth is univocal. Based on this tension the book claims that the idea of a free press is premised on an epistemological illusion. This illusion enables society to maintain that the world it perceives through the press corresponds to the world as it actually exists, explaining why defenders of the free press continue to rely on its capacity to discover the truth, despite economic conditions and technological innovations undermining much of its independence."--Provided by publisher.
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