SOCI 442 - Censorship & Silencing

This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Law and Society
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 3 hours
Attribute: 3SS

We will open with a study of the liberal orthodoxy regarding freedom of expression and the problem of state censorship. We will then turn to various heterodoxies that challenge the conventional wisdom: problems of media concentration and non-state censorship; the problem of silencing via hate speech; etc. We will also address the ways that technology enables and constrains practices of censorship and silencing. Consent of instructor. Enrollment Limit: 10.
Instructor: D. Steward