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Carey, Jason – Communication: Journalism Education Today, 1996
Shows how to go about accessing the plethora of material on the Internet about First Amendment rights, both text and video based. (TB)
Descriptors: Censorship, Computer Uses in Education, Freedom of Speech, Internet
Hetterman, Kristen – Communication: Journalism Education Today, 1996
Lists helpful web sites for First Amendment research in an annotated format. (TB)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Censorship, Computer Uses in Education, Freedom of Speech
Allen, Kenneth B. – Information Management Review, 1988
Describes a number of initiatives by the U.S. national security community that might restrict or monitor public access to sensitive but unclassified information. The current status of the initiatives, and their possible impact on freedom of information in a democratic society are discussed. (27 references) (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Databases, Federal Legislation, Freedom of Information, Government Role
Download full textAssociation for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. – 1995
The law section of the Proceedings contains the following 12 papers: "Constitutional Considerations of the Escrowed Encryption Standard" (Pat Bastian); "Exploring the Link between Source Credibility and Reputational Harm: Effects of Publication Type on Belief of Potentially Defamatory Statements" (Kenneth R. Blake);…
Descriptors: Censorship, Constitutional Law, Copyrights, Higher Education
Mullin, Dorothy Imrich – 1996
In the wake of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, discussions have raged both online and in the press about free speech, online pornography, and the protection of children. This paper discusses the legal and social science issues surrounding content regulation of the World Wide Web and the Internet as a whole, with an emphasis on the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Adolescents, Censorship, Children
