Printers and press freedom : the ideology of early American journalism / Jeffery A. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Jeffery Alan, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freedom of the press--United States--History.

Freedom of the press.

Journalists--Legal status, laws, etc--United States--History.

Journalists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Drawing on sources ranging from political philosophers to court records and newspaper essayists, 'Printers and Press Freedom' traces the development of a widespread conception of the press as necessarily exempt from all government restrictions, but still liable for the defamation of individuals. In this study, Smith carefully analyses libertarian press theory and practice in the context of republican ideology and Enlightenment thought.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; I. The English Experience; II. The Marketplace of Ideas Concept; III. The Ideals of the Enlightenment; IV. Sovereignty and Seditious Libel; V. Demands, Defenses, and Distinctions; VI. The Colonial Journalist: Good Humour'd Unless Provok'd; VII. The Enlightened Printer: Virtue and Vituperation; VIII. The Prerevolutionary Printer: The Ideal of Impartiality; IX. The Revolutionary Journalist: The Court of the Press; Conclusion; A Note on Sources; List of Abbreviations; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Notes:

Previously issued in print: New York: Oxford University Press, 1988.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on November 17, 2023).

ISBN:

0-19-772572-4

1-280-52506-1

1-4237-6431-5

0-19-536236-5

1-60129-777-7

OCLC:

171571018