Open AccessThe Conditions for Journalism Freedom and the Invisible Threat to Free Speech
Author(s) -
Joseph J. Pilotta
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
žurnalistikos tyrimai/žurnalistikos tyrimai
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2424-6042
pISSN - 2029-1132
DOI - 10.15388/zt/jr.2013.6.7399
Subject(s) - politics , technocracy , autonomy , journalism , democracy , political science , free speech , public domain , political communication , citizen journalism , law and economics , public sphere , sociology , public relations , law , philosophy , theology
Political communication is strictly distinguished from social and individual activities that are interest-laden and thus lack the autonomy to be political. The latter belongs solely to political societies that are democratic. Indeed, there must be a strict restriction of the use of political to a public domain in which every member of society participates in public debates and decisions. Participation in debate and decision-making requires the gemini of communication: understanding and accessibility which require a public domain of public expression. The politics of technocratic journalism is the invisible threat to the right to freedom of speech.