The Power of Speech

Июль 29, 2022

Содержание

2. Course Questions How do our leaders communicate with us? How do we communicate with them? How
3. Today’s Research Questions
4. Returning to some key concepts
5. What are “Politics” The activity through which people make, preserve and amend the general rules under
6. Communication
7. The Big Picture
8. Free Speech Debates in Georgia
9. Article 17 of the Constitution of Georgia
10. Gachechiladze vs. Georgia
11. The Controversy, the Ruling In 2018, the owners of the condom brand Aiisa had to pay
12. ECHR Ruling “In a pluralist democratic society, those who choose to exercise the freedom to manifest
13. The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of
14. But nothing in life is absolute The U.S. Supreme Court gives Congress and state and local
15. Sunstein and the “Free Speech Principle”
16. Public Forum Doctrine “In the United States, for example, the Supreme Court has ruled that streets
17. Consumer Sovereignty Doctrine As citizens, we have the right to consume whatever speech (political expression, books,
18. Sunstein, Chapter 8: “Freedom of Speech”
19. Concern with the "Privatization" of the Public Forum If the free speech market is totally unregulated,
20. What about Private Censorship?
21. Reading: Big Tech Has Big Power Over Online Speech
22. Textual Analysis
23. Supplementary Reading: “Intellectuals and Hegemony”
24. Antonio Gramcsi: Marxist Social Critic
25. Who are “intellectuals” anyway? Government administrators Ecclesiastics Journalists Artists Writers Academics
27. Скачать презентацию

Слайд 2

Course Questions
How do our leaders communicate with us? How do we

communicate with them?
How do we receive and process information, and how does that impact how our societies are governed?
How are technological changes impacting political communication and public diplomacy?
What is public diplomacy and why does it matter to relations between states and societies?

Слайд 3

Today’s Research Questions

Слайд 4

Returning to some key concepts

Слайд 5

What are “Politics”
The activity through which people make, preserve and amend

the general rules under which they live.

Слайд 6

Communication

Слайд 7

The Big Picture

Слайд 8

Free Speech Debates in Georgia

Слайд 9

Article 17 of the Constitution of Georgia

Слайд 10

Gachechiladze vs. Georgia

Слайд 11

The Controversy, the Ruling
In 2018, the owners of the condom brand

Aiisa had to pay a fine and recall products after Tbilisi City Court ruled that its packaging and product advertising constituted “unethical advertising” because it “insulted the religious and national dignity of the population.”
The Tbilisi City Court ruled that freedom of expression could appropriately be restricted in this case.

Слайд 12

ECHR Ruling
“In a pluralist democratic society, those who choose to exercise

the freedom to manifest their religion must tolerate and accept the denial by others of their religious beliefs and even the propagation by others of doctrines hostile to their faith.”

Слайд 13

The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
Congress shall make no law respecting

an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Слайд 14

But nothing in life is absolute
The U.S. Supreme Court gives Congress

and state and local governments the right to restrict freedom of expression in certain situations.
When, how, and why to restrict speech is arguably the most important debate in American society.

Слайд 15

Sunstein and the “Free Speech Principle”

Слайд 16

Public Forum Doctrine
“In the United States, for example, the Supreme Court

has ruled that streets and parks must be kept open to the public for expressive activity.
A distinctive feature of the public forum doctrine is that it creates a right of speakers’ access, both to places and people. Another distinctive feature is that the public forum doctrine creates a right, not to avoid governmentally imposed penalties on speech, but to ensure government subsidies of speech.”

Слайд 17

Consumer Sovereignty Doctrine
As citizens, we have the right to consume whatever speech

(political expression, books, videos, social media posts) we want, so the government has no right to restrict the creation and dissemination of speech.
Based on this principle, the government has very limited rights to restrict corporate campaign finance.

Слайд 18

Sunstein, Chapter 8: “Freedom of Speech”

Слайд 19

Concern with the "Privatization" of the Public Forum
If the free speech

market is totally unregulated, commercial interests will be able to drown out their competition.
We will also be deprived of unchosen exposures and shared experiences.
We will lose access to the public forum, which is a key precondition for democratic deliberation.

Слайд 20