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Amanda Lotz

Amanda Lotz is a fellow at the Peabody Media Center and a professor of Media Studies at the University of Michigan.

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Profit, Not Free Speech, Governs Media Companies’ Decisions on Controversy

Information publicly viewed as hateful can damage a business.
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Amanda Lotz,
The Conversation
August 13, 2018
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