Free Speech and False Speech : Political Deception and Its Legal Limits (Or Lack Thereof) / by Robert N. Spicer.
2018
P87-P96
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Title
Free Speech and False Speech : Political Deception and Its Legal Limits (Or Lack Thereof) / by Robert N. Spicer.
Author
Spicer, Robert N., author.
ISBN
3319698206
9783319698205
3319698192
9783319698199
9783319698212
3319698214
9783030099121
3030099121
9783319698199
9783319698205
3319698192
9783319698199
9783319698212
3319698214
9783030099121
3030099121
9783319698199
Publication Details
Springer International Publishing.
Published
Cham Springer International Publishing Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (VII, 158 pages)
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-69820-5 doi
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P87-P96
Dewey Decimal Classification
302.23
Summary
This book examines the history of the legal discourse around political falsehood and its future in the wake of the 2012 US Supreme Court decision in US v. Alvarez through communication law, political philosophy, and communication theory perspectives. As US v. Alvarez confirmed First Amendment protection for lies, Robert N. Spicer addresses how the ramifications of that decision function by looking at statutory and judicial handling of First Amendment protection for political deception. Illustrating how commercial speech is regulated but political speech is not, Spicer evaluates the role of deception in politics and its consequences for democracy in a contemporary political environment where political personalities, partisan media, and dark money donors bend the truth and abuse the virtue of free expression. Robert N. Spicer is Assistant Professor of Digital Journalism at Millersville University, USA. His work has been published in journals such as the Journal of Media Education, Techne: Research in Philosophy and Technology, and the Jefferson Journal of Science and Culture.
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Table of Contents
1. Lies, Damn Lies, Alternative Facts, Fake News, Propaganda, Pinocchios, Pants on Fire, Disinformation, Misinformation, Post-Truth, Data, and Statistics
2. Conduct, Affiliation, and Messages: A Typology of Statutes Addressing Political Deception
3. The Judicial Discourse in the Handling of Political Misinformation (and Disinformation)
4. Three Recent Cases: Alvarez, 281 CARE, and SBAL
5. Conclusion: Two Paths in the Legal Woods.
2. Conduct, Affiliation, and Messages: A Typology of Statutes Addressing Political Deception
3. The Judicial Discourse in the Handling of Political Misinformation (and Disinformation)
4. Three Recent Cases: Alvarez, 281 CARE, and SBAL
5. Conclusion: Two Paths in the Legal Woods.