Principles of Publicity and Press Freedom

This insightful book examines how the original concept of publicity has been reduced to mean the right of media to access and print information. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Slavko Splichal is professor of mass communications and public opinion at the University of Ljubljana and director of the European Institute for Communication and Culture

List of Illustrations

xi

Preface

xiii

In Search of the Roots: Deconstructing the Institution of Freedom of the Press

1

(34)

``Invention of Printing Is No Great Matter Compared with the Invention of Letters''

6

(11)

Freedom of Speech as a Privilege of Learned Men

17

(10)

Imposing ``Functions'' on the Media

27

(8)

Free Press for Social Control: From Bentham to American Pragmatists

35

(48)

The Idea of Separation of Powers and the Press

35

(7)

Publicity, Public Opinion Tribunal, and the Fourth Estate

42

(21)

Public Opinion and the Press as Means to Control Mass Behavior

63

(20)

Freedom to Reason, Right to Communicate

83

(80)

Liberty in Equality: Controversies on Rousseau's Censorial Tribunal

85

(9)

Right to Freedom: Kant's Principle of Publicity

94

(18)

Why Freedom of Enterprise Is Not a Species of Freedom of the Press: Marx

112

(16)

Liberty and Tolerance Aimed at Truth: Mill

128

(35)

From the Republic of Letters to the Public of Letters to the Editor

163

(40)

The Idea of the Right to Communicate

165

(6)

Is the Property Right Superior to the Right to Communicate?

171

(5)

Mass Media and the Personal Right to Publish Opinions

176

(9)

Public Use of Reason in the Global High-Tech Media Environment

185

(18)

References

203

(10)

Index

213

(16)

About the Author

229

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