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The First Amendment Bubble: How Privacy and Paparazzi Threaten a Free Press
Amy Gajda
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Description for The First Amendment Bubble: How Privacy and Paparazzi Threaten a Free Press
Hardcover. For decades, privacy took a back seat to the public's right to know. But as the Internet and changing journalism have made it harder to distinguish news from titillation, U.S. courts are showing new resolve in protecting individuals from invasive media scrutiny. As Amy Gajda shows, this judicial backlash is now impinging on mainstream journalists. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: LNDC2; LNJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 618.
In 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674368323
SKU
V9780674368323
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Ref
99-33
About Amy Gajda
Amy Gajda, a former journalist, is Associate Professor of Law at Tulane University.
Reviews for The First Amendment Bubble: How Privacy and Paparazzi Threaten a Free Press
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
Provocative and well-researched… Gajda’s book serves as a warning that courts may be losing patience with repeated appeals from media organizations—which may or ... Read more
Erwin Chemerinsky
Chronicle of Higher Education
Provocative and well-researched… Gajda’s book serves as a warning that courts may be losing patience with repeated appeals from media organizations—which may or ... Read more