War and Press Freedom - The Problem of Prerogative Power

Zusatztext the most exhaustive study to date of the wartime clash between openness and secrecy! which includes military censorship. Informationen zum Autor Jeffery A. Smith is a professor of journalism and mass communication at the University of Iowa. Klappentext Journalists have often lost constitutional rights for coverage and commentary during America's wars. Based on analysis of two hundred years of law and history, this study argues that press freedom cannot and should not be suspended during armed conflict. The military and the media must work together because neither has authority over the other. Zusammenfassung Over the course of the two centuries between the ratification of the First Amendment in 1791 and the Gulf War in 1991, the American press lacked an adequate right to analyse and report on this nation's armed conflicts. When restrictions were challenged as violations of the Constitution, military regulations and federal laws were justified as necessary under the "higher law" of survival. Is there some law more important than the Constitution which allows prerogative powers to be used in a time of war or national crisis? This groundbreaking and provocative study, examining law and history over these two hundred years, argues that press freedom cannot and should not be suspended during armed conflict. Author Smith maintains that the military and the media must work together on such matters, for neither has authority over the other.

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• Authors: Jeffery A. Smith, Jeffery A. (Professor of Journalism and Mas Smith, Jeffery A. (Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication Smith, Jeffery Alan Smith, Jeffrey A. Smith, Smith Jeffery A.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1999
• EAN: 9780195099461
• ISBN: 978-0-19-509946-1
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Civil law, civil procedural law; Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, SPORTS & RECREATION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LAW / Communications, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, LAW / Computer & Internet, Press & journalism, Sports & outdoor recreation, Sport: general, News media and journalism, Media studies: Journalism, Publishing industry & book trade, Publishing and book trade, IT & Communications law, Digital, IT and Communications law