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Peer reviewedSwain, Bruce M. – Newspaper Research Journal, 1980
Examines the circumstances of the 1979 "Progressive" case, in which the federal government quashed an article about hydrogen bomb production. Notes reportorial lapses that prevented a full and balanced account of the situation. (RL)
Descriptors: Censorship, Federal Regulation, Freedom of Speech, Government Role
Download full textSoloski, 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
Swain, Bruce M. – 1982
In the "United States v. the 'Progressive'," the United States government took a small left-wing magazine to court to prevent publication of an article on how a hydrogen bomb works. Amidst great controversy over what the article described and what data were secret and what were not, a federal judge granted an injunction against the…
Descriptors: Censorship, Court Litigation, Freedom of Speech, Journalism
The Office of Censorship's Attempt to Control Press Coverage of the Atomic Bomb during World War II.
Washburn, Patrick S. – 1988
The Office of Censorship's struggle to keep journalists from revealing the development of the first atomic bomb, the sites where the development was taking place, and the fact that the bomb might be available for use in the war, was desperate and in many ways heroic. Soon after it was created on December 19, 1941, the office issued a voluntary…
Descriptors: Censorship, Freedom of Information, Freedom of Speech, Government Role
D'Addario, Alice – 1988
The "Participation in Government" course is intended to be a culminating activity for social studies students in New York State high schools. Designed to have students apply prior knowledge in the determination of positions regarding vital public issues, the course is particularly crucial for non-regents students, for it will, in many…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Critical Thinking, Freedom of Speech
Barwis, Gail L. – 1981
A study examined the coverage of the scientific aspects of the atomic bomb in four representative newspapers (New York "Times," New York "Herald Tribune," Chicago "Daily Tribune," and Boston "Daily Globe") and in 14 general mass circulation magazines in the time period immediately following the dropping of the bomb. Among the conclusions of the…
Descriptors: Censorship, Content Analysis, Freedom of Speech, Journalism
American Journalism Historians' Association. – 1993
The Newspapers and Journalism section of the proceedings of this conference of journalism historians contains the following 22 papers: "'For Want of the Actual Necessaries of Life': Survival Strategies of Frontier Journalists in the Trans-Mississippi West" (Larry Cebula); "'Legal Immunity for Free Speaking': Judge Thomas M. Cooley,…
Descriptors: Civil War (United States), Colonial History (United States), Freedom of Speech, Health Education
