In this Book
- How Free Can the Press Be?
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: University of Illinois Press
- Series: The History of Communication
summary
Randall P. Bezanson explores the contradictions embedded in understanding press freedom in America by discussing nine of the most pivotal and provocative First Amendment cases in US judicial history. Each case resulted in a ruling that refined or reshaped judicial definition of the limits of press freedom.
The cases concerned matters ranging from The New York Times's publication of the Pentagon Papers to Hugo Zacchini's claim that TV broadcasts of his human cannonball act threatened his livelihood. Bezanson also examines the case of politician blackballed by the Miami Herald; the Pittsburgh Press's argument that it had the right to use gender based column headings in its classifieds; and a crime victim suing the Des Moines Register over the paper's publication of intimate details, including the victim's name.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page
- pp. 4-7
- Introduction
- pp. 1-4
- 1. The Purpose of Press Freedom
- 2. Editorial Judgment
- pp. 58-67
- 3. News
- 4. Privacy and Responsibility
- Protecting Privacy (Bartnicki v. Vopper)
- pp. 165-208
- 5. Newsgathering and Press Conduct
- 6. How Free Can the Press Be?
- pp. 250-254
Additional Information
ISBN
9780252090547
Related ISBN(s)
9780252028663, 9780252075209
MARC Record
OCLC
847139580
Pages
272
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2003