Media and Politics in America: A Reference HandbookWhere mass media and politics intersect is a distinctly American brand of political communication. Media and Politics in America: A Reference Handbook examines the major events, people, controversies, and resources of political communication from the Revolutionary War to the election of 2000. It follows the adoption of the First Amendment, the emergence of the penny press, women's suffrage, the selection of presidential candidates, the advent of radio and television, and the influence of the Internet. Readers will find government documents, Supreme Court cases, campaign statistics, media trends, and public opinion polls. The chapter on resources and the directory of organizations are extensive. |
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Contents
| 1 | |
2 Problems in Political Communication | 33 |
3 The Process of News Communication | 55 |
4 Chronology | 85 |
5 Biographical Sketches | 101 |
6 Legal Documents and Court Cases | 135 |
7 Associations and Organizations | 161 |
8 Print and Nonprint Resources | 183 |
Index | 225 |
About the Author | 238 |
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Page 9 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it...
Page 4 - The basis of our government being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right ; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
Page 137 - The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theatre and causing a panic.
Page 141 - Freedom of speech on the radio must be broad enough to provide full and equal opportunity for the presentation to the public of all sides of public issues. Indeed, as one licensed to operate in a public domain, the licensee has assumed the obligation of presenting all sides of important public questions, fairly, objectively, and without bias.
Page 90 - The question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger...
Bibliographic information
| Title | Media and Politics in America: A Reference Handbook Contemporary world issues |
| Author | Guido Hermann Stempel |
| Edition | annotated |
| Publisher | ABC-CLIO, 2003 |
| ISBN | 1576078450, 9781576078457 |
| Length | 237 pages |
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