Freeing the Presses
The First Amendment in Action
1st Edition
Published on 9. June 2014
200 pages
978-0-8071-5419-9 (ISBN)
Description
"e,A thoughtful, provocative, and timely account of the meaning of a free press in the United States."e, -- American Journal of Political ScienceMost Americans consider a free press essential to democratic society -- -either as an independent watchdog against governmental abuse of power or as a wide-open marketplace of ideas. But few understand that far--reaching public policies have shaped the news citizens receive. With contributions from leading scholars in the fields of history, legal scholarship, political science, and communications, this revised and updated edition of Freeing the Presses offers an in-depth inquiry into the theory and practice of journalistic freedom. In addition to a new foreword by Regina G. Lawrence and afterword by Laura Stein, Freeing the Presses presents fresh and timely analyses of the complexities of news media and politics.
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Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Foreword to the Revised Edition
- Freeing the Presses: An Introductory Essay
- PART ONE: FROM THE PAST
- Introduction
- The Press the Founders Knew
- On the Relationship between Press Law and Press Content
- PART TWO: AT PRESENT
- Introduction
- Why Democracies Need an Unlovable Press
- Daily News and First Amendment Ideals
- PART THREE: TOWARD THE FUTURE
- Introduction
- The Twilight of Mass Media News: Changing Patterns of Citizenship, Technology, and Public Information
- "New Media" and Contemporary Interpretations of Freedom of the Press
- Afterword
- Contributors
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
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