Assumptions of "The Hyde Park Soapbox Model" of Free Speech

The Model: A person speaking in public and giving handbills to passers-by

 

1. Person needs protection from government intervention

 

 

 

2. An economic free market produces a free market of ideas

 

 

3. No concern over private restraints on free expression

 

 

4. Mass mediated communication is identical to person on a soapbox

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