The governmental pledge to the American people is found in the First Amendment: "Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press." Written more than two hundred years ago, these words now protect a wide range of expressive activity. A broad-gauged discussion of freedom of expression in America, this book begins by studying the period after the Civil War and Reconstruction when new and unsettling ideas appeared with great regularity on the American scene. So many of these ideas were floating around during this period that the nation's leaders often joined forces...
The governmental pledge to the American people is found in the First Amendment: "Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech, or of t...
The influence of the mass media in the US is overwhelming, but is not confined to North America. This text examines the ways in which the media both affects and is affected by society. From 1690, when the first American newspaper was founded, to 1995, it covers some 300 years of mass media history. The book contains more than 475 alphabetically aranged entries covering subjects ranging from key areas of newspaper history to broader topics such as how media covered the wars, major conflicts over press freedom, court cases and legislation, and the concerns and representation of ethnic and...
The influence of the mass media in the US is overwhelming, but is not confined to North America. This text examines the ways in which the media both a...