Madison or Madison Avenue?: corporate challenges facing the liberal protection of free speech and personal autonomy in the mass media
dc.contributor.advisor | Brake, Elizabeth | |
dc.contributor.author | Hughes, Sean Robert | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2005-08-16T17:03:28Z | |
dc.date.available | 2005-08-16T17:03:28Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2004 | |
dc.description | Bibliography: p. 107-110 | en |
dc.description.abstract | This thesis explores whether laissez-faire regulation of the content of mass media communications protects the sort of free speech required for liberal democratic government. I argue that policies derived from traditional interpretations of liberal theory, which favour barring state activism, no longer protect the dissemination of a plurality of views. I examine the legal concept of corporate personhood as connected to free speech and argue that it is inappropriate in itself, and damaging to liberal democracy in its consequences. I also argue that the content of speech stemming from laissez-faire regulatory policies inhibits autonomy, understood as a capacity and condition. My argument shows that state non-intervention in the regulation of the content of speech does not promote the goals which some proponents of this approach claim are advanced, and there is reason to seek new ways to promote liberal freedom of speech. | en |
dc.format.extent | xvi, 110 leaves ; 30 cm. | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Hughes, S. R. (2004). Madison or Madison Avenue?: corporate challenges facing the liberal protection of free speech and personal autonomy in the mass media (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19518 | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/19518 | |
dc.identifier.isbn | 0612976963 | en |
dc.identifier.lcc | AC1 .T484 2004 H84 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1880/41614 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher.institution | University of Calgary | en |
dc.publisher.place | Calgary | en |
dc.rights | University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. | |
dc.title | Madison or Madison Avenue?: corporate challenges facing the liberal protection of free speech and personal autonomy in the mass media | |
dc.type | master thesis | |
thesis.degree.discipline | Philosophy | |
thesis.degree.grantor | University of Calgary | |
thesis.degree.name | Master of Arts (MA) | |
ucalgary.item.requestcopy | true | |
ucalgary.thesis.accession | Theses Collection 58.002:Box 1507 520492024 | |
ucalgary.thesis.notes | UARC | en |
ucalgary.thesis.uarcrelease | y | en |
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