A number of court cases involving public disclosure of private information are described in this paper to point to historical trends involving the issue of privacy and to illustrate some of the problems with all aspects of the issue. After noting the conflict between the principle of individual privacy and the principle of free disclosure of…

The five articles in this journal issue discuss attempts to censor certain nonprint media in the schools, the conflict between intellectual freedom and community values, recent efforts by Tennessee educators and librarians to achieve a better measure of intellectual freedom, the need for English teachers to reexamine their teaching methods and…

The United States Supreme Court has recently begun to establish the right of consumers to receive certain commercial information and the right of proprietors of information to disseminate it. Simultaneously, there is a movement under way by administrative lawmaking bodies, professional associations, and citizens' groups to place advertising under…

THIS STUDY OF BOOK SELECTION PRACTICES AND CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF BOOKS WHICH AT SOME TIME HAD BEEN ATTACKED AS UNSUITABLE FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS INVOLVED THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT CHAIRMEN OF 34 PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS IN BERGEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. DATA FROM QUESTIONNAIRES AND INTERVIEWS WERE TABULATED AND STATISTICALLY ANALYZED. IN ADDITION TO…

The collective bargaining agreement between the University of Connecticut and the University of Connecticut Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) is presented. Items covered in the agreement include: recognition of the chapter; academic freedom; governance; nondiscrimination; affirmative action plans and procedures;…

The responsibilities and role of the broadcast media in reporting acts of terrorism are examined in this paper. The paper first discusses such topics as new types of television equipment that permit easy and instantaneous coverage of fast-breaking news; television coverage of two 1977 cases in which persons were held hostage by terrorists; and…

Two views on current international communication are presented--that of an American academician, and that of an Indian journalist. John Lent traces the rise of development journalism and development communication from the point of view of those who believe that individual freedom of expression should be treated as an inviolable right. Narinder…

The objective of this study was to contribute a quantitative aspect to the Social Responsibility Theory of the Press which will make possible explanation and prediction of relationships between key elements of society and news-opinion media. The 31 tenets of the Social Responsibility Theory were isolated and categorized. Using these tenets, an…

The basic documents on faculty status for librarians in colleges and universities are compiled. The first chapter contains a history and overview of university librarians' status and discussions of such topics as professionalism, the librarian's role, tenure, academic freedom, evaluation, titles and ranks, professional growth, research, and…

Rapidly advancing communications technology has moved the concept of speech far beyond that imagined by the authors of the First Amendment. Similarly, the power of the government to license, tax, regulate, and investigate has also increased enormously. Communications media have come to dominate the consciousness of Americans, and particularly news…

A 1974 conference of the Institute of International Education held in Hong Kong prompted this essay on the dilemmas of university freedom and political control. The relationship of higher education and national development in Asia is discussed with attention focused on the issue of university autonomy and on the problem of equality of access to…

While there is certainly an abundance of excellent material concerning the world's press today, since World War II there has been an absence of any type of systematic synthesis of this information which might be used as a text or reference book by persons interested in the broad aspects of international communication. This book is intended to…

From the late 1960s to the spring of 1970 there was an acceleration of anti-war protest and political movements. At Stanford University this period was characterized by controversy, deep divisions within the university community, disruption of classes, student strikes, and the presence of uniformed police on campus. In this environment of…

Contributions to this statement on the academic freedom of students were made in 1967 by representatives of the American Association of University Professors, the Association of American Colleges, the National Student Association, the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, and the National Association of Women Deans and…

Contained in this report are the results of a national inquiry conducted by the Commission of Inquiry into High School Journalism (sometimes called the Kennedy Commission), which examined the current status of high school journalism. Contents include "Censorship," which summarizes the different kinds of censorship uncovered by the…