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Freedom of the Press

April 10th Conference


The Peter Zenger Trial

Selected books

Alexander, James. A Brief Narrative of the Case and Trial of John Peter Zenger, Printer of the New York Weekly Journal. 2nd Fl. KF223.Z4 K38 1963

Buranelli, Vincent. The Trial of Peter Zenger. 2nd Fl. KF4774.Z4

selected Internet Resources

Rights of the People: Individual Freedom and the Bill of Rights. Chapter 4- Freedom of the Press. 

New York Times Archive. Published March 1, 1895. 1896 article about the John P. Zenger case.

the alien and sedition acts 

selected books

Miller, John Chester. Crisis in Freedom: The Alien and Sedition Acts. 3rd Fl. E327.M5

Smith, James Morton. Freedom's Fetters; the Alien and Sedition Laws and American Civil Liberties. 3rd Fl. E327. S59

selected Internet resources

National Archives. United States versus Thomas Cooper-- A Violation of the Sedition Law. 

Yellow-Journalism

 

Selected Books 

 

Foner, P. S. The Spanish American War and the Birth of American Imperialism Vol.1-2. 2nd Fl.  F1786. F66

 

Wisan, J. E. The Cuban Crisis as Reflected in the New York Press, 1895-1898. 3rd. Fl. F1786. W76 1965

 

Crucible of Empire: The Spanish American War. (Video recording) Circ. E715. C783 1999

 

Juergens, G. Joseph Pulitzer and the New York World. 2nd Fl. PN4874. P8 J8 

 

Nasaw, D. Chief: The life of William Randolf Hearst. Z473. H4 N37

 

Swanberg, W. Citizen Hearst, a Biography of William Randolph Hearst. 2nd Fl. PN4874. H4 S83

 

Selected Internet Resources

PBS Website: Yellow Journalism Timeline

Political Cartoons

 

Selected Books

Blaisdell, Thomas C. and Selz, Peter. The American Presidency in Political Cartoons, 1776-1976. 3rd Fl. E176.1A655                                                                                                                        

Hess, Stephen and Kaplan, Milton. The Ungentlemanly Art: A History of American Political Cartoons. 3rd Fl. E178.4H46 1968                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Hoff, Syd. Editorial and Political Cartooning. 2nd Fl. NC1325.H63

Nevins, Allan and Weitenkampf, Frank. A Century of Political Cartoons: Caricature in the United States from 1800 to 1900. 3rd Fl. E337.5N48 1975                                                                                                                         

Philippe,Robert. Political Graphics: Art as a Weapon. 2nd Fl. NC1763P66P513 1982

Press, Charles. The Political Cartoon. 2nd Fl. NC1763.P66P73  

Robinson, Jerry ed. The 1970's: Best Political Cartoons of the Decade.  3rd Fl. D849. 5N56   

West, Richard Samuel. The Political Cartoons of Joseph Keppler.  2nd Fl. Oversized E661W46 1988                                                                                                                                                                 

selected Internet Resources

A Brief History of  Political Cartoons - University of Virginia

Clifford K. Berryman Cartoon Collection - The National Archives

Political Cartoons of the Lilly Library - The Colonial Years - Indiana University

The Ungentlemanly Art: Political Illustration - The Library of Congress

RADIO AND COMMUNICATIONS

 

SELECTED BOOKS

 

Allen, Steve. Vulgarians at the Gate: Trash TV and Raunch Radio: Raising the Standards of Popular Culture. 2nd fl. PN1992.6.A38 2001

 

Aronson, James. Deadline for the Media: Today's Challenges to Press, TV and Radio. 2nd fl. P92.U5 A7

 

Banning, William Peck.  Commercial Broadcasting Pioneer: the WEAF Experiment, 1922-1926. 3rd fl. HE8698 .B3

 

Cantril, Hadley. The Psychology of Radio. 2nd fl. PN1991.55 .C36

 

Chandler, Alfred D., Jr., and Cortada, James W., eds.  A Nation Transformed by Information: How Information has Shaped the United States from Colonial Times to the Present. 3rd fl. HC110.I55 N37 2000

 

Howe, Quincy. The News and How to Understand It in Spite of the Newspapers, in Spite of the Magazines, in Spite of Radio. 2nd fl. PN4867 .H65

 

Lichty, Lawrence Wilson. American Broadcasting: A Source Book on the History of Radio and Television. 3rd fl. HE8689.8 .I.5 1975

 

McChesney, Robert Waternan. Telecommunications, Mass Media, and Democracy: The Battle for the Control of U.S. Broadcasting, 1928-1935. 3rd fl. HE8698 .M34 1993

 

Sies, Luther F. Encyclopedia of American Radio, 1920-1960. Reference. PN1991.2 .S572000

 

Slotten, Hugh Richard. Radio and Television Regulation: Broadcast Technology in the United States, 1920-1960. 3rd fl. HE8689.8 .S56 2000

 

Smith, F. Leslie. Perspectives on Radio and Television: An Introduction to Broadcasting in the United States. 3rd fl. HE8689.8 .S63

 

 

SELECTED INTERNET RESOURCES

 

ProQuestHistorical Newspapers The New York Times (1851-2004)- May 30, 1917 "Freedom of the Press", July 7, 2005 "Judith Miller Goes to Jail", October 22, 2007 Editorial "Defending Freedom of the Press"

 

The Media in the United States > Radio

 

The Paley Center for Media - Formerly The Museum of Television & Radio

 

Early Radio and Related Technologies, by Thomas H. White - Articles and extracts about early radio and related technologies, concentrating on the United States in the period 1897-1927.  

 

THE RADIO ACT OF 1927 AS A PRODUCT OF PROGRESSIVISM, by Mark Goodman Mississippi State University

 

The Silencing of a Democratic Medium: Early Public Policy on Radio and the Regulation of the Internet, by John Stevenson, Department of Communication Studies, Concordia University, Montreal +1 514 481 9912; jhs@odyssee.net

 

Ham Radio Set-ups and Stations - Photographs

 

Turn the Dial: Shock Radio and Freedom of Speech - Article on radio "shock jocks" by Ken Paulson, executive director of the First Amendment Center, with offices in Arlington, Va., and Nashville, Tenn.

 

THE BILL OF RIGHTS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH, by Jacob G. Hornberger, founder and president of The Future of Freedom Foundation, November 1, 2004. Freedom of speech article which includes an analysis of radio free speech.

 

 

Hollywood BLACKLIST 

Selected BOOKS

Buhle, Paul. Hide in Plain Sight : The Hollywood Blacklistees in Film and Television, 1950-2002.  2nd Fl. PN1590.B5 B84 2003

Ceplair, Larry. The Inquisition in Hollywood: Politics in the Film Community, 1930-1960. 2nd Fl. PN1993.5.U6C4

McGilligan, Patrick. Tender Comrades: A Backstory of the Hollywood Blacklist. 2nd Fl. PN1590.B5.M35 1997

Navasky, Victor S. Naming Names. 2nd Fl. PN1590.B5 U6 N4 1980

Vaughn, Robert. Only Victims: A Study of Show Business Blacklisting. 2nd Fl. PN1590.B5V3 

SELECTED Internet RESOURCES

50 Years: SAG Remembers the Blacklist - Screen Actors Guild Special Edition Hollywood Blacklist - by Dan Georgakas from: Buhle, Buhle, and Georgakas, ed., ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE AMERICAN LEFT, (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1992) The Red Scare: a Filmography - Compiled by the University of Washington Libraries

McCarthyism

Selected BOOKS

Adams, John G.  Without Precedent: The Story of the Death of McCarthyism. 3rd Fl. E743.5.A64 1983

McCarthyism: The Great American Red Scare: A Documentary History. 3rd Fl. E743.5.F668 1997

Persico, Joseph E. Edward. R. Murrow. 2nd Fl. PN 4874.M89 P47 1988

Schrecker, Ellen. The Age of McCarthyism: A Brief History with Documents. 3rd Fl. E743.S377 2002

Schrecker, Ellen.  Many are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America. 3rd Fl. E743.5.S37 1998

Sperber, A.M.  Murrow: His Life and Times. 2nd Fl. PN4874.M89. S6 1986 

SELECTED Internet RESOURCES

American Masters: McCarthyism - Featured on PBS.

Edward R. Murrow, See it Now - "A Report on Senator Joseph R. McCarthy."

"McCarthyism' or 'The Red Scare' " - Featured on the Eisenhower Presidential Web Site.

The Age of McCarthyism: A Brief History With Documents - Selected chapters from Ellen Schrecker's 1994 book.

New York Times vs. sullivan

 Harrison, Maureen & Gilbert, Steve. Landmark decisions of the United States Supreme Court. Refer to Chapter on Libel: The New York Times vs. Sullivan (1964). ECMain KF4549. L37 1991 

 

 

VanBurkleo, et.al. (Eds.).  Constitutionalism and American Culture: Writing the New Constitutional History. Refer to Chapter on Cultural History and the First Amendment: New York Times v. Sullivan and Its Times. 2nd Fl. KF4541. C5895 2002

selected Internet resources

Northwestern University

Boston College

New York Times vs. United States: Pentagon Papers

Selected Books

French, Peter A., ed.  Conscientious Actions: The Revelation of the Pentagon Papers. 2nd Fl. JC328.3F74

Krause, Patricia A., ed. Anatomy of an Undeclared War: Congressional Conference on the Pentagon Papers. 3rd. Fl. E183.8V5A83

Prados, John and Porter, Pratt Margaret, eds. Inside the Pentagon Papers. E183.8.V5 I575 2004

Rudenstine, David. The Day the Presses Stopped: A History of the Pentagon Papers Case. 2nd Fl. KF228. N52 R84 1996

Sheehan, Neil. The Pentagon Papers as Published by the New York Times. 3rd Fl. E183.8.V5 P4

Ungar, Sanford J. The Papers and the Papers; an Account of the Legal and Political Battle Over the Pentagon Papers. 2nd Fl. KF224. N39 U54 1972

SELECTED INTERNET RESOURCES

FindLaw - New York Times Co. v. United States, 403 U.S. 713 (1971)

Pentagon Papers

U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Information Programs - The First Amendment and Freedom of the Press 

Current Issues in Freedom of the Press

Selected books

Brown, Cynthia. Lost Liberties: Ashcroft and the Assault on Personal Freedom. 2nd Fl. JC599. U5 L63 2003

Dadge, David. Casualty of War: The Bush Administration's Assault on a Free Press. 2nd Fl. PN4745. D33 2004

Nuzum, Eric. Parental Advisory: Music Censorship in America. 2nd Fl. ML3477. N89 2001

Woodhull, Nancy & Synder, Robert. Journalists in Peril. 2nd Fl. PN4736. J68 1998 

Conference Speakers

Paul Levinson

Digital McLuhan: A Guide to the Information Millennium. 2nd Fl. P90. L413 1999

In Pursuit of the Truth: Essays on the Philosophy of Karl Popper on the Occasion of his 80th Birthday. 3rd Fl. B1649. P64 I5 1982

Soft Edge: A Natural History and Future of the Information Revolution. Grnd Fl. T58.5. L385 1997

David Greenberg

Nixon's Shadow: The History of An Image. 3rd. Fl. E856. G747 2003

Calvin Coolidge. Borrowed On Loan

Presidential Doodles. Borrowed On Loan 

Additional Readings

Blanchard, Margaret. Revolutionary Sparks: Freedom of Expression in Modern America. 2nd Fl. JC599.U5 B553 1992

Carey, J. W. Media, Myths, and Narratives: Television and the Press. 2nd Fl. PN1992.15. M43 1988

Carpenter, Ted. The Captive Press: Foreign Policy Crises and the First Amendment. 2nd Fl. PN 4738. C27 1995

Devol, Kenneth. Mass Media and the Supreme Court: the Legacy of the Warren Years. 2nd Fl. KF2750. A7 M37 1982

Friendly, Fred W. Minnesota Rag: The Scandal that Shaped the Constitution. 2nd Fl. KF228.N35 F73 

Gleason, Timothy. Watchdog Concept: The Press and the Courts in Nineteenth-Century America. 2nd Fl. KF4774. G57 1990

Ickes, Harold. America's House of Lords; an Inquiry into the Freedom of the Press. 2nd Fl. PN4867. I3 1974

Levy, Leonard. Emergence of a Free Press. 2nd Fl. KF 4774. L48 1985

Lofton, John. Press as a Guardian of the First Amendment. 2nd Fl. KF4774. L64 1980

Marnell, William. The Right to Know; Media and the Common Good. 2nd. Fl. KF4774. M35 1973

Mitford, J. Poison Penmanship: The gentle art of muckraking. 2nd. Fl. PN4726. M55 1979

Nerone, John. Violence against the Press: Policing the Public Sphere in U.S. History. 2nd. Fl. PN 4888. S6 N47 1994 

O'Neil, Robert. The First Amendment and Civil Liberties. 2nd Fl. KF4772. O54 2001

Powe, L.A. The Fourth Estate and the Constitution: Freedom of the Press in America. 2nd Fl. KF4774. P69 1991

Seldes, George. Freedom of the Press. 2nd Fl. PN4738. S4 1971

Smith, J. A. Printers and Press Freedom: The Ideology of Early American Journalism. 2nd Fl. KF 4774. S 64 1988

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