Readings - CM 9324 - The Law and Ethics of Mass Communication - Blume Library at St. Mary's University

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Week 6: Foundations of Freedom and Prior Restraint

Anderson, D. A. (1983). The origins of the press clause. UCLA Law Review, 30(3), 455-541. Retrieved from Nexis Uni.
Powe, L. A. S. (1991). The fourth estate and the Constitution: Freedom of the press in America. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
Also available from the Law Library
Rabban, D. M. (1981). The First Amendment in its forgotten years. Yale Law Journal, 90(3), 514-595. Retrieved from HeinOnline.
Lofton, J. (1980). The press as guardian of the First Amendment. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press.
Available at Trinity University and via ILL.
Teeter, D. L., Jr. (1992). The First Amendment at its bicentennial: Necessary but not sufficient? Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly 69(3), 18-27. doi: 10.1177/107769909206900103
Available online at UTSA Libraries and via ILL.
Nye, R. B. (1964). Fettered freedom: Civil liberties and the slavery controversy, 1830-1860. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press.
Available at Trinity University, UTSA and via ILL.
Peterson, H. C., & Fite, G. C. (1957). Opponents of war, 1917-1918. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.
Available at Trinity University, UTSA and via ILL.

Week 7: Corporate and Commercial Speech

Week 8: Electronic Mass Media and Telecommunication

Le Duc, D. R., & McCain, T. A. (1970). The federal radio commission in federal court: Origins of broadcast regulatory doctrines. Journal of Broadcasting, 14(4), 393-410. Retrieved from HeinOnline.
Kahn, F. J. (Ed.) (1984). Documents of American broadcasting. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
Available in print at the Law Library.
Knauer, L. T., Machtley, R. K., & Lynch, T. M. (1996). Telecommunications Act handbook: A complete reference for business. Rockville, MD: Government Institutes.
Available at Palo Alto College or via ILL.
Le Duc, D. R. (1987). Beyond broadcasting: Patterns in policy and law. New York, NY: Longman.
Available at Our Lady of the Lake University, Trinity University, or via ILL.
Cole, B. G., & Oettinger, M. (1978). Reluctant regulators: The FCC and the broadcast audience. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co.
Available at Trinity University, UTSA, or and via ILL.

Week 10: Indecency and Obscenity

Clor, H. M. (1969). Obscenity and public morality: Censorship in a liberal society. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
Emerson, T. I. (1970). The system of freedom of expression. New York, NY: Random House.
Available in print at the Law Library.

United States. Attorney General's Commission on Pornography. (1986). Attorney general's commission on pornography: Final report. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice.
Commonly known as the "Meese Commission report." Available in print from the Blume and Law Libraries. Available online via the Hathi Trust Digital Library.
Strossen, N. (1995). Defending pornography: Free speech, sex, and the fight for women's rights. New York, NY: Scribner.

Week 11: The Law of Privacy and the Media

Freedman, W. (1987). The right of privacy in the computer age. New York, NY: Quorum Books.
Westin, A. F. (1967). Privacy and freedom. New York, NY: Atheneum.
Also available in print at the Law Library.

Week 12: Reporting the Judicial Process

Edenhofer, L. E. (1966). The impartial jury--Twentieth century dilemma: Some solutions to the conflict between free press and fair trial. Cornell Law Quarterly, 51(2), 306-327. Retrieved from HeinOnline.

Week 13: Access to Public Records, Meetings, and Private Places

Langley, M., & Levine, L. (1988). Broken promises. Columbia Journalism Review 27(July/August): 21-24. Retrieved from Humanities Full Text.
Lewis, A. (1976, September 16). 'Congress shall make no law...' New York Times, p.39. Retrieved from ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
Teeter, D. L., Jr. & Singer, S. G. (1978-1979). Search warrants in newsrooms: Some aspects of the impact of Zurcher v. The Stanford Daily. Kentucky Law Journal 67(4), 847-866. Retrieved from HeinOnline.
Entman, R. M. (1989). Democracy without citizens: Media and the decay of American politics. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Available at Our Lady of the Lake University, Palo Alto College, Trinity University, UTSA, and via ILL.
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP)
The RCFP provides free legal advice, resources, support and advocacy to protect the First Amendment and Freedom of Information rights of journalists working in areas where U.S. law applies, regardless of the medium in which their work appears.
Bouchard, R. F., & Franklin, J. D. (1986). Guidebook to the Freedom of Information and Privacy acts. 2nd ed. New York, NY: C. Boardman Co.
Available at Palo Alto College and via ILL.
Dienes, C. T., Levine, L., & Lind, R. C. (1997). Newsgathering and the law. Charlottesville, VA: Michie.
Available via ILL. Pay special attention to Chapter 13, "The Means of Newsgathering," pp. 488-599.

CM 9324 - The Law and Ethics of Mass Communication

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Week 6: Foundations of Freedom and Prior Restraint

Week 7: Corporate and Commercial Speech

Week 8: Electronic Mass Media and Telecommunication

Week 10: Indecency and Obscenity

Week 11: The Law of Privacy and the Media

Week 12: Reporting the Judicial Process

Week 13: Access to Public Records, Meetings, and Private Places

Week 14: Intellectual Property

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