Go Top 10 Mizzou Tigers

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Go Top 10 Mizzou Tigers!

• Today
• Complete Unit 2 Free Speech in Society
• Wednesday
• Exam 2
• Get review guide on course web site
• Friday
• NO LAB MEETINGS

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Communication Controversy O the Day Report
Smart One Jackie Carter Catherine
Dudenhoeffer Adam Fritz Marlene Kelly Laura Tyson

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Generic Ballot

• A. YES / Agree
• B. NO / Disagree

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Moving On . . . Whos Up Next?

• Big Pimpin
• Brock Christopher
• Jeff Clausen
• Abbey Gillick
• Ashley Rockamann
• Kirsten Willims

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What did you miss last time?!

• Last Weds guest lecture . . .
• . . . uses the word "fuck" 226 times, refers to
  women as "bitches" and "whores" 163 times, uses
  87 words or phrases referring to oral sex, and
  one mention of incest.

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Music Censorship in America
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Whats Your Opinion?

• Music lyrics
• should not be
• censored

• Music lyrics
• should be
• censored

53 47
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Labeling Inequality?

• Alanis Morissettes 1994 Jagged Little Pill
  album had swearing and references to oral sex in
  a public place, as well as breaking and entering.
• The Dixie Chicks, on their album Fly devote an
  entire song to the celebration of murdering an
  abusive man.
• Garth Brooks, in his song Thunder Rolls also
  describes an abusive husband being killed by his
  wife.
• White, mainstream artists performed each one of
  these songs and none of them received warning
  labels.

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How are we (US society) doing?

• Just how free are we?
• Give US a grade
• A. 14
• Excellent, were the freest society on the face
  of the earth!
• B. 79
• Were doing OK, some good, some bad.
• C. 7
• Weve FLUNKED the founders conception of a truly
  free society.

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Waging the Information War

• It is acceptable for the US military to pay Iraqi
  media to publish and broadcast reports favorable
  to American forces?
• YES 27
• NO 73

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Criteria for Evaluating Extent of Freedom of
Speech in Society (e)

• 1. Freedom to communicate without fear of
  government sanctions or censorship
• 2. Freedom from compulsory speech
• 3. Freedom of access to effective channels of
  communication
• 4. Freedom from government control of speech
  environment (speech privacy)

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Why is Free Speech so Important?

• What do
• you think?

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Why is Free Speech so important in society? (e)

• 1. Cornerstone of self-government
• 2. Allows discovery of the truth
• 3. Promotes individual dignity self-worth
• 4. Any regime for speech control would be
  unworkable and dangerous to society

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Is this Hate Speech?

• Hate on the web?
• Sixty percent said we should censor hate web
  sites.
• Censor a church?

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Generic Ballot

• A. YES / Agree
• B. NO / Disagree

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Which of the following is NOT included among your
1st Amendment rights or freedoms?

• Freedom of the press
• Right to petition the government
• Right to bear arms
• Right of peaceful assembly

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The U.S. Constitutions 14th Amendment provides
for

• A. equal protection under the law
• B. right to bear arms
• C. equal time provision for broadcasters
• D. freedom of speech

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Try this one . . .

• First, identify the two extremes or poles of the
  social order continuum that weve discussed in
  class throughout the semester
• _________________________
• _________________________
• Next, pair the two continuum positions that
  youve just identified with the appropriate free
  speech / speech restriction position
• An extreme individual freedom or free speech
  absolutist position corresponds to
• ___________________________
• A position seeking to ban or restrict undesirable
  or offensive expression corresponds to
• ___________________________