Printers and Press Freedom: The Ideology of Early American JournalismOxford University Press, 1988 - 233 Seiten In the United States, the press has sometimes been described as an unoffical fourth branch of government, a branch that serves as a check on the other three and provides the information necessary for a democracy to function. Freedom of the press--guaranteed but not defined by the First Amendment of the Constitution--can be fully understood only when examined in the context of the political and intellectual experiences of 18th-century America. Here, Jeffery A. Smith explores how Madison, Franklin, Jefferson, and their contemporaries came to see liberty of the press as a natural and vital part of a democratic republic. Drawing on sources ranging from political philosophers to court records and newspaper essayists, Printers and Press Freedom traces the development of a widespread conception of the press as necessarily exempt from all government restrictions, but still liable for the defamation of individuals. Smith carefully analyzes libertarian press theory and practice in the context of republican ideology and Enlightenment thought--paying particular attention to the cases of Benjamin Franklin and his relatives and associates in the printing business--and concludes that the generation that produced the First Amendment believed that government should not be trusted and that the press needed the broadest possible protection in order to serve as a check on the misuse of power. |
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... bill of rights with protection for freedom of expression and other civil liberties in the document it offered to the nation , Antifederalists objected fiercely . A proposal to write a bill of rights was unanimously defeated at ...
... bill of rights with protection for freedom of expression and other civil liberties in the document it offered to the nation , Antifederalists objected fiercely . A proposal to write a bill of rights was unanimously defeated at ...
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... bill of rights was not only unnecessary but also dangerous , because it would imply that liberties not mentioned were not protected . A bill of rights , he contended , made no sense where a constitution was founded on the power of the ...
... bill of rights was not only unnecessary but also dangerous , because it would imply that liberties not mentioned were not protected . A bill of rights , he contended , made no sense where a constitution was founded on the power of the ...
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... Bill of Rights , the Senate , debating be- hind closed doors and keeping only brief records of its proceedings , made two decisions of considerable importance to the press . One was to reject a motion which by saying the press should be ...
... Bill of Rights , the Senate , debating be- hind closed doors and keeping only brief records of its proceedings , made two decisions of considerable importance to the press . One was to reject a motion which by saying the press should be ...
Inhalt
Introduction | 3 |
The English Experience | 17 |
The Marketplace of Ideas Concept | 31 |
Urheberrecht | |
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Adams Amendment April Assembly authority Autobiography Bache Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin Bache Bill of Rights Boston Cato Cato's Letters century Colonial Constitution Courant Court Craftsman criticism David Hall debate defamation defended Early American editor eighteenth eighteenth-century England English Enlightenment essay February Federalist free press freedom of expression Gazette Hamilton History Howell's State Trials ibid Ideology impartiality issue James Franklin James Parker January John Journal journalists June Junius jury Levy libertarian press liberty London Madison Massachusetts ment Mercury New-York newspaper November NYPB October opinion pamphlet paper Parliament party Pennsylvania Philadelphia political Poor Richard Post-Boy press clause press freedom printers printing prosecutions published radical Whig religious Republican reputation restraint Revolution Samuel Sedition Act seditious libel September Speech Stamp Act Star Chamber suppress Thomas Jefferson Timothy tion trial truth University Press vols Wilkes writings wrote York Zenger