Printers and press freedom : the ideology of early American journalism /

"N the United States, the press has sometimes been described as an unoffical fourth branch of government, a branch that serves as a check on the other three and provides the information necessary for a democracy to function. Freedom of the press--guaranteed but not defined by the First Amendmen...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Smith, Jeffery Alan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.
Subjects:
Freedom of the press > United States > History.
Journalists > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States > History.
Liberté de la presse > États-Unis > Histoire.
Journalistes > Droit > États-Unis > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
Freedom of the press
Journalists > Legal status, laws, etc.
Pressefreiheit
Recht
Journalist
Persvrijheid.
Geschiedenis (vorm)
Liberté de la presse > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Journalisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Presse > États-Unis > Histoire.
Journalistes > Statut juridique > États-Unis > Histoire.
Geschichte (1754-1800)
Geschichte (1750-1800)
United States
USA
Press > Freedom > History
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Philosophies and Practices
  • The English Experience
  • The Marketplace of Ideas Concept
  • The Ideals of the Enlightenment
  • Political and Legal Questions
  • Sovereignty and Seditious Libel
  • Demands, Defenses, and Distinctions
  • The Ideology in Practice: The Case of Franklin and His Partners
  • The Colonial Journalist: Good Humour'd Unless Provok'd
  • The Enlightened Printer: Virtue and Vituperation
  • The Prerevolutionary Printer: The Ideal of Impartiality
  • The Revolutionary Journalist: The Court of the Press.

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