JOURN 3000 1st Edition Lecture 4Outline of Last LectureI. Historical explanation Outline of Current LectureI. Pre-historyCurrent Lecture-Culture of reception-emerging notions of popular sovereignty -Literacy clubs, coffee shops, etc. -Forerunners of newspapers-Pamphlets-Broadsides-Diurnals-News books-News sheets-Essay papersReadings: -What is the marketplace of ideas concept? -What seems to have been the appeal of the marketplace of ideas argument?-What are the metaphors for the marketplace concept used in this chapter?-How did the marketplace of ideas concept shift around the time of the Revolutionary War?-Why did the leaders of American revolutionary thought believe the press to be so important?-What did printers envision their papers providing to readers?These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.Marketplace of ideas:Libertarian conception--Truth naturally overcomes falsehood when they are allowed to compete -Competing voices produce superior conclusions -Even errors make the truth more radiant -Voices should not be excluded from the marketplace, lest the truth be suppressed -Libel is the main exception Alternative conceptions:-Milton’s Areopagitica (Antinomianism)-Defense of free expression, opposition to censorship, licensing -Moral limits to the marketplace of ideas; no prior restraint, but sympathetic to subsequent action -Advocates exclusion of some ideas because some people are susceptible to falsehoods, or because vicious persons will corrupt others -Republicanism -Public opinion must be formed via virtuous leaders (including the press)-Newspapers function as a town hall -Freedom is only good when intelligent, independent virtuous citizens maintain social order -Press expected to promote truth -Thomas Jefferson-What is TJ’s argument? Public opinion is
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