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OverviewIn determining the news that's fit to print, U.S. courts have traditionally declined to second-guess professional journalists. But in an age when news, entertainment, and new media outlets are constantly pushing the envelope of acceptable content, the consensus over press freedoms is eroding. The First Amendment Bubble examines how unbridled media are endangering the constitutional privileges journalists gained in the past century. For decades, judges have generally affirmed that individual privacy takes a back seat to the public's right to know. But the growth of the Internet and the resulting market pressures on traditional journalism have made it ever harder to distinguish public from private, news from titillation, journalists from provocateurs. Is a television program that outs criminals or a website that posts salacious videos entitled to First Amendment protections based on newsworthiness? U.S. courts are increasingly inclined to answer no, demonstrating new resolve in protecting individuals from invasive media scrutiny and enforcing their own sense of the proper boundaries of news. This judicial backlash now extends beyond ethically dubious purveyors of infotainment, to mainstream journalists, who are seeing their ability to investigate crime and corruption curtailed. Yet many-heedless of judicial demands for accountability-continue to push for ever broader constitutional privileges. In so doing, Amy Gajda warns, they may be creating a First Amendment bubble that will rupture in the courts, with disastrous consequences for conventional news. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Amy GajdaPublisher: Harvard University Press Imprint: Harvard University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.590kg ISBN: 9780674368323ISBN 10: 0674368320 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 05 January 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsThe difficult question--as always in First Amendment and most constitutional litigation--is where to draw the line. In grappling with that and offering provisional answers, Gajda do[es] a great service.--Erwin Chemerinsky Chronicle of Higher Education (01/19/2015) What can be done to save journalism from growing legal pushbacks and the rise of privacy that threatens First Amendment safeguards? Amy Gajda has written an incredibly timely and detailed book, packed with compelling examples.--Clay Calvert, University of Florida <i>The First Amendment Bubble</i> raises very important questions about the future of journalism and about concerns that judicial responses to irresponsible reporting could harm our democratic society. The author's experience as a journalist shines through in this well-researched and engaging book.--Angela Campbell, Georgetown University Law Center Former journalist Gajda s timely book addresses threats to freedom of the press in the age of blogging and digital news sources [It] tackles a complex subject in a compelling way.--Becky Kennedy Library Journal (12/15/2014) The difficult question as always in First Amendment and most constitutional litigation is where to draw the line. In grappling with that and offering provisional answers, Gajda do[es] a great service.--Erwin Chemerinsky Chronicle of Higher Education (01/19/2015) Author InformationAmy Gajda, a former journalist, is Associate Professor of Law at Tulane University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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