Press freedom replaced citizensā right to speak with a right to be informed
Evidence
In granting freedom of the press, the Constitution sacriļ¬ced, despite the qualifying clause, the right of people to speak to one another and to inform themselves. For such rights the Constitu- tion substituted the more abstract right to be spoken to and to be informed by others, especially specialist, professional classes. ā James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays onā¦, 633 (
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The First Amendment, then, did not secure the permanence of public life; in fact it acted against it because it ļ¬nally placed the weight of education on the written tradition. Modern media of communication, largely for commercial purposes, created a system of communication that was essentially private. Private reading and the reading audience replaced the reading public and the public of discussion and argument. ā James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays onā¦, 647 (
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Rushdie possessed not only the freedom to voice his convictions but also the power to make his voice heard. Most British Muslims, by contrast, were members of an underprivileged community, one that had below-average education and income levels, lacked political and social influence, and held to a religious worldview at odds with the dominant culture. Because they possessed neither the power nor the status of a Salman Rushdie, their voices often were ignored or otherwise went unheard, and this reality fueled their frustrations. ā Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction toā¦, 355 (
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Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
- XREF: connects to: Free press rights replaced speaking rights with the right to be spoken to ā James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays onā¦, 633; First Amendment and private reading eroded the public sphere of discussion ā James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays onā¦, 647; Restricting access to literacy and discourse is a regimeās central control mechanism ā , The Braided Reading EPUB: 5-Yearā¦, 107 (+1 more)
Related
- Free press rights replaced speaking rights with the right to be spoken to (similarity 0.90)
- Free expression is meaningless without the social power to be heard (similarity 0.84)
- First Amendment and private reading eroded the public sphere of discussion (similarity 0.81)
- Discoursing on power differs fundamentally from being silenced by it (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Free press rights replaced speaking rights with the right to be spoken to
#expands(0.85) ā James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays onā¦, 633 - First Amendment and private reading eroded the public sphere of discussion
#corroborates(0.75) ā James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays onā¦, 647 - Free expression is meaningless without the social power to be heard
#expands(0.70) ā Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction toā¦, 355