Tribalism on Campus: Factions, iGen and the Threat to Free Speech

IF 0.2 Q4 LAW
Joseph Russomanno
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The American college campus is potentially the quintessential marketplace of ideas – the ideal locale for the free and open exchange of concepts and viewpoints, discussion and debate, and the discovery and sharing of knowledge. The setting, however, has not always materialized in that idyllic fashion. Speech freedom on campus, while challenged over time, is being tested by unique influences in the twenty-first century. Now, speakers are disinvited or shouted down, with violent protests sometimes erupting. Fear of trauma abridges classroom discussion. As the nation tribalizes, so do college students – members of iGen, psychologically fragile and raised in a culture of “safetyism.” This article examines the interconnectedness of these issues. It also invokes factions – the tribalism of America’s founding era – and illustrates how James Madison’s approach to control factionalism can be applied to the free speech challenge on the contemporary campus.
校园里的部落主义:派系、iGen和对言论自由的威胁
美国大学校园可能是典型的思想市场,是自由开放地交换概念和观点、讨论和辩论以及发现和分享知识的理想场所。然而,场景并不总是以田园诗般的方式出现。校园言论自由虽然随着时间的推移而受到挑战,但在21世纪正受到独特影响的考验。现在,演讲者被取消邀请或被叫停,有时还会爆发暴力抗议。对创伤的恐惧阻碍了课堂讨论。随着国家部落化,大学生也是如此——iGen的成员,心理脆弱,在“安全主义”文化中长大。本文探讨了这些问题的相互联系。它还援引了派系——美国建国时代的部落主义——并说明了詹姆斯·麦迪逊控制派系斗争的方法如何应用于当代校园的言论自由挑战。
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期刊介绍: The societal, cultural, economic and political dimensions of communication, including the freedoms of speech and press, are undergoing dramatic global changes. The convergence of the mass media, telecommunications, and computers has raised important questions reflected in analyses of modern communication law, policy, and regulation. Serving as a forum for discussions of these continuing and emerging questions, Communication Law and Policy considers traditional and contemporary problems of freedom of expression and dissemination, including theoretical, conceptual and methodological issues inherent in the special conditions presented by new media and information technologies.
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