04:192:410 : Chapter 16 Media & Culture, summary
30 Oct 2014
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The origins of free expression and a free press. In the united states, we often take for granted our rights of free speech, while in many countries throughout the world citizens are jailed or killed for speech violations. between 1992 and. 2006, 610 journalists were killed in the line of duty. And when americans have been surveyed about the first amendment to the u. s. constitution, the majority of respondents were unfamiliar with the amendment"s wording and with the exact nature of the freedoms it grants. One key idea underlying the first amendment stems from the essay areopagitica by english poet john. This essay opposed government licenses for printers a standard practice used to control the circulation of ideas and advocated a free press. Milton argued that all ideas, even false ones, should circulate freely in a democratic society. England stopped licensing newspapers, and most of europe followed.
