The First Amendment and the Media in the Court of Public Opinion

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Cambridge University Press, 14. jan. 2002 - 155 strani
In light of recent frustrations with the press over its increasingly sensationalistic coverage of the news, no liberty is more vulnerable to the vagaries of the current political climate than is "freedom of the press." By considering public opinion data from two original surveys (1997 and 1999) on free press rights against the backdrop of modern First Amendment jurisprudence, this study offers new and original insights into the nature of popular support for these rights.
 

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Freedom of the Press and the Power of Public Opinion
1
Surveying the Public on Press Freedoms
26
What Americans Know About the Freedom of the Press
39
Public Support for the Freedom of the Press
56
Support for Press Freedoms Across Media Comparing Print Electronic and the New Media
75
Support for Press Freedoms within a Medium Elite Mainstream and Tabloid News Sources
95
Public Opinion the First Amendment and the Challenges of the TwentyFirst Century
111
Annotated Questionnaires
123
References
145
Index
151
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Priljubljeni odlomki

Stran 149 - New York Times Co. v. United States, 403 US 713 (1971). New York World's Fair 1964-65 Corp.

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