In this volume a group of distinguished legal and political theorists and experts on journalism discuss how to reconcile our values concerning freedom of the press with the enormous power of the media - especially television - to shape opinions and values.

Notes on contributors; Introduction Judith Lichtenberg; 1. Liberal constraints on private power?: reflections on the origins and rationale of access regulation Stephen Holmes; 2. Liberalism and free speech David Kelly and Roger Donway; 3. Foundations and limits of freedom of the press Judith Lichtenberg; 4. Why the State? Owen Fiss; 5. Practices of toleration Onora O'Neill; 6. Access in a post-social responsibility age Carl Sessions Stepp; 7. Who decides? Fredrick Schauer; 8. Four criticisms of press ethics Jeffrey B. Abramson; 9. Political communication systems and democratic values Michael Gurevitch and Jay Blumler; 10. Mass communications policy: where we are and where we should be going Henry Geller; 11. Content regulation reconsidered Thomas M. Scanlon, Jr.; 12. The rationale of public regulation of the media Lee Bollinger; 13. The role of a free press in strengthening democracy Sanford J. Ungar; Index.