The Ethical Roots of the Public Forum: Pragmatism, Expressive Freedom, and Grenville Clark

Journal of Mass Media Ethics 29 (3):138-152 (2014)
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Abstract

The public forum has been connected to the functioning of democracy, expressive freedom, and the media's role in society. While the public forum's legal contours have been examined, the ethical foundation of the public forum has not. Relying on archival research, this article argues that ideas about the public forum can be traced to the pragmatism of Grenville Clark, who influenced ideas about the public forum through his work on the American Bar Association's Bill of Rights Committee.

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