Persona non grata : the death of free speech in the Internet age / Tom Flanagan.

By:

Flanagan, Thomas, 1944- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Toronto : Signal, [2014]Description: 248 pages ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780771030536 (bound)
0771030533 (bound)

Other title:

Death of free speech in the Internet age

Subject(s):

Additional physical formats: Persona non grata.DDC classification:

323.44/30971 23

LOC classification:

JC599.C3
JC599.C3 F63 2014

Issued also in electronic format.

Contents:

Courting controversy -- The incident -- The panic over pornography -- The mechanics of mobbing -- The end of privacy -- Academic freedom and teaching -- Child pornography -- The future of free speech.

Summary: In February 2013, Tom Flanagan, acclaimed academic, University of Calgary professor, and former advisor to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, made comments surrounding the issue of viewing child pornography that were tweeted from the event he was speaking at and broadcast worldwide. In the time it took to drive from Lethbridge to his home in Calgary, Flanagan's career and reputation were virtually in tatters. Every media outlet made the story front-page news, most of them deriding Flanagan and casting him as a pariah.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	KNCHR Library General Stacks	Non-Fiction	JC591 .F63 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		MKT01867

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-248).

In February 2013, Tom Flanagan, acclaimed academic, University of Calgary professor, and former advisor to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, made comments surrounding the issue of viewing child pornography that were tweeted from the event he was speaking at and broadcast worldwide. In the time it took to drive from Lethbridge to his home in Calgary, Flanagan's career and reputation were virtually in tatters. Every media outlet made the story front-page news, most of them deriding Flanagan and casting him as a pariah.

Issued also in electronic format.

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