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Banned in the Media A Reference Guide to Censorship in the Press, Motion Pictures, Broadcasting, and the Internet

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ISBN-10: 0313302456

ISBN-13: 9780313302459

Edition: 1998

Authors: Herbert N. Foerstel

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From colonial times to the present, the media in America has been subject to censorship challenges and regulations. This comprehensive reference guide to media censorship provides in-depth coverage of each media format--newspapers, magazines, motion pictures, radio, television, and the Internet--all of which have been, and continue to be, battlegrounds for First Amendment issues. Each media format is examined in-depth, from its origins and history through its modern development, and features discussion of landmark incidents and cases. Foerstel, author of Banned in the U.S.A., the acclaimed reference guide to book censorship in schools and public libraries, offers a brief history of media…    
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List price: $85.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 5/26/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

HERBERT N. FOERSTEL is the former Head of Branch Libraries at the University of Maryland, board member of the Freedom to Read Foundation, and editor of Maryland Library Association's newspaper. He is the author of many books on free press issues, including Refuge of a Scoundrel: The Patriot Act in Libraries (Libraries Unlimited, 2004), Banned in the U.S.A.: A Reference Guide to Book Censorship in Schools and Public Libraries (Greenwood Press, 2002), From Watergate to Monicagate: Ten Controversies in Modern Journalism and Media (Greenwood Press, 2001), Freedom of Information and the Right to Know (Greenwood Press, 1999), Banned in the Media: A Reference Guide to Censorship in the Press,…    

Introduction
A Brief History of Media Censorship
Newspapers Magazines Motion Pictures Radio Television Internet Prominent Examples of Media Censorship
The Trial of John Peter Zenger, 1735
H. L. Mencken and the Hatrack Case, 1926
John Henry Faulk and the Radio Blacklist, 1955
The Progressive Tells the H-Bomb Secret,1979
Warning: Political Propaganda May Be Dangerous to Your Health, 1983
The Tobacco Wars, 1994
A Frightened University Censors Cyberspace, 1994
A Chronological History of Media Censorship Cases Voices from the Media
The Hollywood Inquisition
Telling the H-Bomb Secret
Committing Journalism
Challenging Broadcasting's Corporate Masters
Journalistic Courage, Then and Now
Forging the Digital Bill of Rights
The Student Press after Hazelwood: Censorship and Response in the 1990s A Survey of Student Press Censorship Conclusion: State Alternatives to Hazelwood Restraints
A Selective List of Media Advocacy and Censorship Organizations Selected
Bibliography