C Edwin Baker
Biographic Data
| ID | 4502856 |
|---|---|
| NAME | C Edwin Baker |
| GIVEN NAMES | C Edwin |
| FAMILY NAME | Baker |
| SIGNATURE | BAKER C E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pennsylvania, School of Law, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
| ORCID | 0009-0007-9037-4856 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Advertising and a Democratic Press
While often criticized for encouraging a materialistic consumer culture, advertising is commonly assumed to be the financial cornerstone of the inexpensive American newspaper and an essential element for the efficient transmission of information in a democratic society. This text, however, argues that print advertising seriously distorts the flow of news by creating a powerfully corrupting incentive: the more newspapers depend financially on adve…
Press Performance, Human Rights, and Private Power as a Threat
The essay concerns the manner private power threatens the proper democratic role of the press or mass media. But first, Part I examines two preliminary conceptual matters involved in locating this discussion in the context of a conference on private power as a threat to human rights: 1) the relation of human rights to private power in general. This relation is complicated due to fact that human rights can themselves be seen as the assertion of pr…
Rawls, equality, and democracy
Part I distinguishes epistemic and choice democracy, attributing the first to the Rawls of A Theory of Justice but arguing that the second is more justifiable. Part II argues that in comparison with the difference principle, three principles — equal participation in choice democracy, no subordinating purpose, and a just wants guarantee — constitute a more rational choice in the original position; and that they better provide all the benefits clai…
Media, markets, and democracy
Media, Markets, and Democracy
Government interventions in media markets are often criticized for preventing audiences from getting the media products they want. A free press is often asserted to be essential for democracy. The first point is incorrect and the second is inadequate as a policy guide. Part I of this book shows that unique aspects of media products prevent markets from providing for audience desires. Part II shows that four prominent, but different, theories of d…
Advertising and Freedom of Expression
Human Liberty And Freedom Of Speech
This is a paperback reprint of an OUP/USA hardcover published in September 1989. To date the predominant rationale for freedom of speech has been the “marketplace of ideas” theory, which holds that the truth will be discovered only through debate free from government interference. In Human Liberty and Freedom of Speech, Baker critiques the assumptions underlying the various versions of this theory and develops a liberty theory which, he argues, h…
Sandel on Rawls
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Sandel on Rawls
Human Liberty And Freedom Of Speech
This is a paperback reprint of an OUP/USA hardcover published in September 1989. To date the predominant rationale for freedom of speech has been the “marketplace of ideas” theory, which holds that the truth will be discovered only through debate free from government interference. In Human Liberty and Freedom of Speech, Baker critiques the assumptions underlying the various versions of this theory and develops a liberty theory which, he argues, h…
Advertising and Freedom of Expression
Media, Markets, and Democracy
Government interventions in media markets are often criticized for preventing audiences from getting the media products they want. A free press is often asserted to be essential for democracy. The first point is incorrect and the second is inadequate as a policy guide. Part I of this book shows that unique aspects of media products prevent markets from providing for audience desires. Part II shows that four prominent, but different, theories of d…
Media, markets, and democracy
Rawls, equality, and democracy
Part I distinguishes epistemic and choice democracy, attributing the first to the Rawls of A Theory of Justice but arguing that the second is more justifiable. Part II argues that in comparison with the difference principle, three principles — equal participation in choice democracy, no subordinating purpose, and a just wants guarantee — constitute a more rational choice in the original position; and that they better provide all the benefits clai…
Press Performance, Human Rights, and Private Power as a Threat
The essay concerns the manner private power threatens the proper democratic role of the press or mass media. But first, Part I examines two preliminary conceptual matters involved in locating this discussion in the context of a conference on private power as a threat to human rights: 1) the relation of human rights to private power in general. This relation is complicated due to fact that human rights can themselves be seen as the assertion of pr…
Advertising and a Democratic Press
While often criticized for encouraging a materialistic consumer culture, advertising is commonly assumed to be the financial cornerstone of the inexpensive American newspaper and an essential element for the efficient transmission of information in a democratic society. This text, however, argues that print advertising seriously distorts the flow of news by creating a powerfully corrupting incentive: the more newspapers depend financially on adve…
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