This document records testimony from a hearing before the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development of the Committee on Education and the Workforce on protecting free speech on college campuses. Opening statements were provided by: (1) Honorable Burgess Owens, Chairman, Subcommittee on Higher Education and the Workforce…

The comparative research paper explores the use and risks of social media in South African, USA and European schools. It discusses the potential challenges that schools, educators and learners may face such as cyberbullying, sexting, identity theft, fraud, catphishing, cybercrimes, excessive online presence, and addiction to social media. The…

The issue of quality in higher education has been a staple of conversation for centuries. In the current environment, this conversation is complex, involving many constituents and, at times, contentious. To explore and address the central question of quality, the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) has initiated a "National…

Our goal for this paper discusses the main research ethical concerns that arise in internet research and reviews existing research ethical guidance in relation to its application for educating digital citizens. In recent years we have witnessed a revolution in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) that has transformed every field of…

John Sparrow, British attorney and educator, argues that the current rejection of limitations on public decency in the name of freedom of speech needs reappraisal. His comments can be used as a basis to consider whether in the field of public decency the right of public expression in any medium is being upheld at the loss of respect for the…

Reexamines primary materials to show that John Milton's later activities did not contradict his appeal for liberty in "Areopagitica." (Author/FL)

At a Symposium on Academic Freedom at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, the speaker (Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institute) discusses the rights, duties, and responsibilities connected with academic freedom. (PD)

This paper argues that legal research, particularly in the areas of freedom of expression and comparative law, would benefit from utilizing the broader perspectives associated with the cultural studies approach used in communication research. The paper begins with an overview of traditional media law scholarship, maintaining that legal research,…

The early efforts of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to regulate advertising take on new historical interest in the wake of the United States Supreme Court's landmark decision to grant limited First Amendment protection to commercial speech. An examination of the FTC's advertising regulation from its beginning in 1914 to 1938, when its…

In the years 1942-1957, the Post Office Department used controls on the low mailing rate as a form of administrative censorship, designed to limit the distribution of periodicals which it could not otherwise restrict. The Classification Act of 1879 imposed four conditions for admission to the second-class rate three of which were physical…

This paper examines the origins of the principle of free expression as worked out by Galileo. It is intended to supplement standard histories of the development of free expression and to recover its history as part of the political project of postmodernism. The paper resurrects Galileo's encounters with entrenched beliefs in order to position free…

Brenham, Texas, in 1866, was a newspaperman's town. In addition to "The Weekly Southern Banner," Brenham citizens read the "Lone Star," the "Christian Advocate," and the "Brenham Enquirer." The events of 1866 bring into sharp focus the struggle between the Fourth Estate and the federal government. This…

Because news supplied by the broadcast and print media is inadequate, the author suggests that public schools offer courses in how to read the newspaper, watch television, and listen to the radio. He contends that tying news to the classroom lesson for the day would make the lesson more relevant. The author examines the current state of the press…

In 1964 the United States Supreme Court issued a landmark decision, in the case of the New York Times v. Sullivan, that was hailed as a tremendous victory for the news media. This decision changed the law of libel by introducing a fourth requirement of "actual malice" in addition to three previously accepted requirements--publication,…

A study examined the quantity and quality of libel decisions of the Warren and Burger Supreme Courts to determine how changes in libel law came about, how individual justices voted on libel compared to other issues of freedom of expression, and how permanent constitutional libel rules will be as the more conservative Rehnquist Supreme Court takes…