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Boston Univ., MA. School of Public Communication. – 1974
John Hancock Life Insurance Company and Boston University sponsored a symposium on the new media and public communication. The keynote address by Frank Shakespeare was on the unconscious bias of network news. Three speakers discussed citizen access to information and television channels with reference to First Amendment rights and FCC regulations.…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Communication Problems, Communications, Conferences
Download full textAmerican Journalism Historians' Association. – 1992
This proceedings contain 18 papers on American journalism history before the 20th century. Papers in the proceedings are: "Military and Press Discord during the Civil War: Foreshadowing of Future Disputes" (Maury M. Breecher); "The Missouri Press Association: A Study of the Beginning Motivations, 1867-1876" (Stephen A.…
Descriptors: Civil War (United States), Editors, Journalism, Journalism History
Lisby, Gregory C., Ed.; Eberhard, Wallace B., Ed. – 1992
This record of proceedings presents papers and abstracts of papers from the newspaper, law, and history divisions of the Southeast Colloquium of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. The two papers in the history division are: "Southern Editors Say 'No' to 'Lo the Poor Indian'" (Kenneth Rystrom); and…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Higher Education, Journalism, Journalism Education
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. – 1994
The Media and Law section of this collection of conference presentations contains the following 11 papers: "Independent State Constitutional Analysis of Public Concern and Opinion Issues in Defamation Litigation, 1977-1993" (James Parramore); "The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992: Will Sun…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Court Litigation, Electronic Mail, Feminism
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. – 1992
Section B of the Media and Law section of the proceedings contains the following nine papers: "The Professional Person as Libel Plaintiff: Reexamination of the Public Figure Doctrine" (Harry W. Stonecipher and Don Sneed); "The Anti-Federalists and Taxation under the Free Press Clause of the First Amendment" (Brad Thompson);…
Descriptors: Competition, Court Litigation, Foreign Countries, Freedom of Speech
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. – 1990
This section of the proceedings is comprised of 11 papers dealing with the relationship between media and the law. Papers include: "Equal before the Law: Three Media Myths of the American Legal System" (Henry Itkin); "The Role of Senator Albert Gore, Jr. in Satellite/Cable Legislation" (Michael B. Doyle); "The Law of…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Censorship, Communications Satellites, Court Litigation
American Society of Newspaper Editors, Easton, PA. – 1975
This document reports the 1975 proceedings of the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) convention held in Washington, D.C., April 16-18. The contents include a list of officers and directors, past presidents of the society, and a copy of the ASNE Code of Ethics. Also contained in the document are reports on such individual sessions as…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Conference Reports, Economic Factors, Editing
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. – 1998
The Law section of the Proceedings contains the following 13 papers: "Link Law: The Evolving Law of Internet Hyperlinks" (Mark Sableman); "Bits, Bytes and the Right to Know: How the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Holds the Key to Public Access to a Wealth of Useful Government Databases" (Martin E. Halstuk);…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Computer Mediated Communication, Freedom of Information, Government Role
Stanley Foundation, Muscatine, IA. – 1984
Highlights and recommendations of a conference focusing on the conflict over international information policy are divided into two sections. First, the opening speech discusses the importance of the free flow of information, the historical growth and current dominance of information flow by Northern hemisphere countries, the roles of the New World…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Freedom of Speech
