Abstract
Late last summer, Professor F. Jay Dougherty invited me to participate in "Tune In, Turn On, Cop Out? The Media and Social Responsibility," the Fourth Annual Entertainment Law Symposium sponsored by Loyola Law School of Los Angeles. I learned that one of the issues to be examined was media liability for violent audience behavior, exploring from both social science and legal perspectives the alleged link between violent speech and violent conduct. Little did I or Professor Dougherty or anyone connected to the conference then know that within weeks a catastrophic terrorist attack on the United States-an attack largely spurred by violent religious and political rhetoric and detailed training information in the dark arts of terrorist violence-would force the entire nation to confront with unprecedented intensity the cultural and legal issues surrounding the relationship between violent speech and violent action. ...
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2002
Recommended Citation
Rodney A. Smolla, From Hit Man to Encyclopedia of Jihad: How to Distinguish Freedom of Speech from Terrorist Training, 22 Loy. L.A. Ent. L. Rev. 479 (2002).
