{"product_id":"how-machines-came-to-speak-9781478013600","title":"How Machines Came to Speak","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJennifer Petersen constructs a genealogy of the legal conceptions of what counts as “speech” within free speech law, showing how changes in media technology influenced changing legal definitions of speech.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“What does it mean for speech to be free? This rigorous, counterintuitive history reveals how changes in media technologies have transformed our answers to that question in the law and well beyond. As it shows, media technologies don’t just deliver speech; they model it. And when they do, they change the categories of thought and action through which we live our lives.” -- Fred Turner, author of * The Democratic Surround: Multimedia and American Liberalism from World War II to the Psychedelic Sixties *\u003cbr\u003e“At the intersection of legal studies, cultural history, and media history, Jennifer Petersen’s book is a brilliant and groundbreaking study of the ways that modern First Amendment law has been shaped by judicial and cultural responses to the advent of new media technologies.” -- Samantha Barbas, Professor of Law, University at Buffalo School of Law\u003cbr\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eHow Machines Came to Speak\u003c\/i\u003e] provides many discussion opportunities—and questions—for anyone interested in the intricacies of free speech theory. Petersen does not claim to resolve the debate but invites readers to ‘rethink some of our fundamental assumptions about speech.’ All readers will benefit from heeding her invitation. Recommended.” -- D. Caristi * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\"The book not only deftly weaves together an analysis of legal texts but also considers the drafts of judgements as discursive repositories to help substantiate the technocultural context and historical debates that informed them. One of the most interesting . . .  throughlines in the book is in the meta-research on communication theory and research and its in fluence over legal decisions at distinct points of her historiography.\" -- Vipulya Chari * H-Sci-Med-Tech, H-Net Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eHow Machines Came to Speak\u003c\/i\u003e remains one of the most exciting and intellectually powerful books I have read in years, particularly in the fields of legal history and technology studies.\" -- Alex Sayl Cummings * Society for U.S. Intellectual History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  vii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. The “Speech” in Freedom of Speech  1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Moving Images and Early Twentieth-Century Public Opinion  24\u003cbr\u003e 2. “A Primitive but Effective Means of Conveying Ideas”: Gesture and Image as Speech  57\u003cbr\u003e 3. Transmitters, Relays, and Messages: Decentering the Speaker in Midcentury Speech Law  87\u003cbr\u003e 4. Speech without Speakers: How Speech Became Information  119\u003cbr\u003e 5. Speaking Machines: The Uncertain Subjects of Computer Communication  157\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion. The Past and Future of Speech  190\u003cbr\u003e Appendix on Methods  205\u003cbr\u003e Notes  207\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography  257\u003cbr\u003e Index  271","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408993591639,"sku":"9781478013600","price":75.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781478013600.jpg?v=1730505006","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/how-machines-came-to-speak-9781478013600","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}