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Martinson, David L. – NASSP Bulletin, 1995
Many "student-written" newspapers are actually products of heavy faculty and/or administrative control. Advocates for student press rights should acknowledge administrators' concerns for a safe, orderly environment. Administrators must acknowledge their failure to support secondary students' First Amendment rights. Many administrators…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Censorship, Principals, School Newspapers
Martinson, David L. – Communication: Journalism Education Today, 1978
Discusses the importance of a school public relations program and shows how the student newspaper can aid in meeting school public relations objectives. (GW)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Censorship, Public Relations, School Community Relationship
Martinson, David L. – Quill and Scroll, 1997
Discusses three issues raised by the Internet: (1) journalists/advisors need to emphasize that more information is not necessarily better; (2) information on the World Wide Web is not useful if it cannot be assimilated or coherently communicated; and (3) students' social skills are not developed by using the Internet. (RS)
Descriptors: Information Sources, Information Utilization, Internet, Interpersonal Competence
Martinson, David L.; Kopenhaver, Lillian Lodge – Quill and Scroll, 1992
Presents the results of a survey that shows the difference between how school administrators and school newspaper advisors view First Amendment issues. Finds that advisers are fully supportive of presenting possibly controversial material whereas administrators are primarily concerned with maintaining a safe environment. (PA)
Descriptors: Administrators, Comparative Analysis, Freedom of Speech, High Schools
Martinson, David L. – Quill and Scroll, 1994
Argues that too often public schools appear to focus on keeping order and giving students minimal vocational skills. Maintains that such schools should get out of the newspaper business rather than inculcate students with false conceptions as to what freedom of speech and press encompass--and what it means to be a responsible citizen in a…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Administrators, Censorship

Martinson, David L. – Clearing House, 1998
Argues that a commitment to supporting student First Amendment rights can and should be a primary educational goal, helping to instill in students an appreciation for responsible citizenship in a pluralistic society. Discusses definitions of "obscene,""vulgar," and "indecent," and how a school should respond to situations involving charges that…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Censorship, Citizenship Education, Democratic Values

Ryan, Michael; Martinson, David L. – Journalism Quarterly, 1986
Reports that the majority of publications advisers surveyed rejected censorship. Some, however, indicated that it was more important for a school to be protected from potentially damaging articles than for a student publication to be free of school control. (FL)
Descriptors: Censorship, Court Litigation, Faculty Advisers, Freedom of Speech