Speech, Media, and Ethics: The Limits of Free Expression

Critical Studies on Freedom of Expression, Freedom of the Press and the Public’s Right to Know

Raphael Cohen-Almagor

Houndmills and New York: Palgrave, 2001

Contents

Forward by Geoffrey Marshall

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part One

Freedom of Expression

I. Harm Principle, Offence Principle, and Hate Speech

II. The Right to Demonstrate v. the Right to Privacy: Picketing Private Homes of Public Officials

III. The Right to Participate in Elections: Judicial and Practical Considerations

Part Two

Media Ethics, Freedom and Responsibilities

IV. Objective Reporting in the Media: Phantom Rather than Panacea

V. Ethical Boundaries of Media Coverage

VI. Media Coverage of Suicide: Comparative Analysis

VII. The Work of the Press Councils in Great Britain, Canada, and Israel: A Comparative Appraisal

Appendix: Perceptions of Media Coverage among the Israeli-Jewish Public: A Reflection of Existing Social Cleavages? (with Itzhak Yanovitzky)

Index