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Stonecipher, Harry W. – Journalism Quarterly, 1981
Notes that despite recent United States Supreme Court decisions that have been unfavorable to the press, a First Amendment-based conditional privilege protecting the editorial process against governmental intrusion survives. (FL)
Descriptors: Editorials, Freedom of Speech, Government Role, Media Research

Sneed, Don; Stonecipher, Harry W. – Journalism Quarterly, 1986
Reports that the Supreme Court has dealt with related issues, but not specifically with rights of prison presses. (FL)
Descriptors: Censorship, Civil Rights, Freedom of Speech, Media Research
Katz, Helen – 1989
Despite longstanding interest in cable television regulation, little has been investigated concerning crossownership of cable with other media properties. A study examined the issue from economic (antitrust) and First Amendment (diversity of sources) perspectives. Data on where the cable companies' franchises were located and in what other media…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Information Sources, Mass Media Role, Media Research
Soloski, John; Dyer, Carolyn Stewart – 1982
Increased litigation and rising litigation costs threaten the future of newspapers and magazines. A case study was conducted to determine the costs and effects of "United States v. 'The Progressive,'" a prior restraint case over the publication in 1979 of an article on the hydrogen bomb. "The Progressive," which operates at a…
Descriptors: Censorship, Court Litigation, Freedom of Speech, Journalism

Lobo, Paula J. – Journalism Quarterly, 1983
Argues that the rights of viewers to news coverage were sacrificed to commercial interests in the federal court decision concerning the ABC television network's refusal to grant a request of a television station to broadcast short clips of a local event to which the network had exclusive broadcast rights. (FL)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Economic Factors, Freedom of Speech
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1983
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 11 titles deal with the following topics: (1) the Supreme Court and the limits of the First Amendment in "Zurcher v. Stanford Daily"; (2) the radical journalist, I. F. Stone; (3) group owned vs. independentl owned…
Descriptors: Advertising, Annotated Bibliographies, Court Litigation, Doctoral Dissertations
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. – 1992
The More Miscellaneous Studies section of the proceedings contains the following 34 papers: "The Louisville Courier-Journal's News Content after Purchase by Gannett" (Hansen and Coulson); "Reflection of Cultural Values in Advertising: A Comparative Analysis of Taiwan and U.S. Advertising" (Zandpour and Qian); "Sex,…
Descriptors: Advertising, Black Culture, Cultural Context, Disabilities
Cohen, Jeremy; And Others – 1988
A study of reader response to newspaper articles in a defamatory context tested: (1) the judicial assumption that the macro-environment in which statements appear is important to a reader's distinguishing between fact and opinion; (2) the possibility that a byline may influence a reader's characterization of statements; and (3) the idea that…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Editorials, Freedom of Speech