Free Speech and Liberal Education examines the empirical, philosophical, and remedial dimensions of the battle over free speech and academic freedom in American higher education today.
Trump's War on the Press, the New McCarthyism, and the Threat to America
Marvin Kalb, an award-winning American journalist with more than six decades of experience both as a journalist and media observer, writes with passion about why we should fear for the future of American democracy because of the unrelenting attacks by the Trump administration on the press.
In On the Burning of Books, Baker explores famous moments throughout history when books have been burnt for political, religious, or personal reasons. Included among his investigations are stories from ancient China to the Nazis, from George Orwell’s Animal Farm to Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses, from Chairman ......
When the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten (Viby, Denmark) published the cartoons of the prophet Mohammed nine years ago, Denmark found itself at the center of a global battle about the freedom of speech. The paper's culture editor, Flemming Rose, defended the decision to print the 12 drawings, and he quickly came to play a central part in the ......
What happens to journalists who expose uncomfortable truths? How far are journalists prepared to go in order to report a difficult story? This work provides answers to these questions with the stories of journalists who risked their careers so that the public might be informed. It aims to be a reminder of risks accepted by the media on our behalf.
Written by a veteran Hollywood journalist, this book provides an insider's look into Hollywood's 'dirtiest little secret' - the final product that moviegoers see at the theatre is often not just what the director intends but also what the powers-that-be in the military want to project about America's armed forces.
How the Struggle Over Censorship Created the Modern Film Industry
An intriguing look at how the American film industry imposed the rating system upon itself to control competition from films independently produced and distributed.
How the Struggle Over Censorship Created the Modern Film Industry
An intriguing look at how the American film industry imposed the rating system upon itself to control competition from films independently produced and distributed.
