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Filming the First provides in-depth case studies and analyses of eighteen films depicting aspects of freedom of the press. It discusses the substantive social, political, historical, and legal aspects and implications of press freedoms illustrated in the films.
List of contents
Chapter 1. Censorship in a Time of War: Good Morning, Vietnam
By Helen J. Knowles-Gardner
Chapter 2. A Media Mogul Battles Against His Fictional Doppelganger: Citizen Kane and RKO 281
By Bruce E. Altschuler
Chapter 3. Heroic Newspaper Reporters, Editors, and Publishers Battle the President - All the President's Men and The Post
By Bruce E. Altschuler
Chapter 4. Technology Transforms the Press into the Media: Network and The Social Network
By Bruce E. Altschuler
Chapter 5. "How Can We Possibly Approve and Check the Story...?": Good Night, and Good Luck and The China Syndrome
By Helen J. Knowles-Gardner
Chapter 6. Testing the Limits of Freedom: Denial and Deliberate Intent
By Helen J. Knowles-Gardner
Chapter 7. Responsibility Matters: Shattered Glass
By Helen J. Knowles-Gardner
Chapter 8. Creating Protagonists, Competing Interests, and Uncertain Legal Standards: The People vs. Larry Flynt and Citizenfour
By Brandon T. Metroka
Chapter 9. A Tale of One Press Clause and Two Journalisms: Spotlight and Out in the Night
By Brandon T. Metroka
Chapter 10. Mainstream Press Negligence and its Effects: The Normal Heart and Tongues Untied
By Brandon T. Metroka
About the author
By Helen J. Knowles-Gardner; Bruce E. Altschuler and Brandon T. Metroka
