Censorship

List of contents

Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: Censorship of Dissent
Chapter 2: Censorship of the Media during Wartime
Chapter 3: Censorship of Books
Chapter 4: Censorship of Visual and Performing Arts
Chapter 5: Censorship and Sexually Explicit Material
Chapter 6: Regulation of Student Expression
Chapter 7: The Future of Censorship
Appendix: Timeline of Censorship in the United States
Bibliography

About the author

MARK PAXTON is a professor in the Department of Media, Journalism and Film at Missouri State University, where he has taught since 1995. He has written extensively on First Amendment issues, particularly as they apply to college media and students' freedom of expression, and he has been active in the American Civil Liberties Union for two decades. Before entering academia, Professor Paxton was a reporter and news editor for the Associated Press and for newspapers in West Virginia and Tennessee.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Paxton
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2008
• EAN: 9780313337512
• ISBN: 978-0-313-33751-2
• No. of pages: 172
• Weight: 369 g
• Series: Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Censorship, United States of America, USA, Ethical Issues: Censorship