What is Freedom of Speech?

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What is Freedom of Speech?
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• Just kidding Simmonds

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WHAT IS FREEDOM OF SPEECH?

• Abdul, Katie, Martha, and Sabrina

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AGENDA

• The definition
• Its significance in Journalism
• Its journalistic evolution
• Speech vs. Expression
• Free, yet restrained
• International Scale
• Medias influence on said freedom
• Conclusion

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DEFINITION

• News media not subject to censorship by
  government
• Government has no right to control/block what the
  press intends to publish

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IMPORTANCE (FREEDOM OF THE PRESS)

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vfHFxtI0WBOA
• Freedom of the press
• Voices need to be heard
• Freedom on all sides
• Code of Ethics

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HISTORY
Socrates
Martin Luther King Jr.
Theo van Gogh
2009
399BC
1789
1963
2002
2004
Grant v Torstar Corp
Jean Paul-Marat
Isioma Daniel
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SPEECH VS. EXPRESSION

• Freedom of Speech

Freedom of Expression
To have the freedom to voice an opinion without
it being an issue -Ability say what we want, when
we want
Different level of freedom of speech -Hate crimes
and Hate speech
However, this freedom of expression cannot be
unlimited. The dark side of the internet cannot
be ignored and public expression of views has
consequences.
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FREEDOM NOT FREE?

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vUCA8S8v3aOQ
• Issue for many journalists
• Protected Code of Ethics
• Journalistic temptation to go against the ethics
• Journalists free expression activists
• Injustice, oppression, exploitation
• Example

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INTERNATIONAL

• Some people believe some stories that can impact
• Journalists can be themselves on the media
• The audience enjoys limited power through a
  feedback loop in repeating the narrative of the
  supposed influencer.

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MEDIAS INFLUENCE

• In China editors and journalists find ways to get
  news past the censors.
• The government restricts the social network like
  Facebook, twitter where these sites could help
  journalists to publish their news.
• Press restrictions in Egypt is increasingly
  restricted by laws
• Every day journalists and the media find
  themselves at risk across the world.

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CONCLUSION

• Definition
• Importance
• Development
• Different than expression?
• Freedom not free?
• International scale all on the same page
  globally
• Medias influence

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