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The increased popularity of Weblogs, or ""blogs,"" has prompted many questions: Should blogging about a candidate be considered a political advertisement, subject to campaign finance laws? Should bloggers receive the same access to public officials and events as traditional journalists do? Should schools be able to regulate their students' blogs? ""Blogging"" tackles these issues by examining this hot-button topic from different angles. Full-color photographs, comprehensive sidebars, and relevant elements of the argument add value to this useful new resource for students of current issues.

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• Foreword(p. 6)
• Introduction: Blogging(p. 10)
• Point: Many Bloggers Are Journalists Who Deserve the Protection of a Reporter Shield Law(p. 16)
• Counterpoint: Bloggers Should Not Receive the Protections of Mainstream Journalists(p. 29)
• Point: Employees Should Have the Right to Blog Without Fear of Reprisal From Employers(p. 40)
• Counterpoint: Employers Should Have Wide Latitude to Discipline Bloggers for Comments Detrimental to the Workplace(p. 51)
• Point: School Officials Don't Have Authority to Regulate Students' Off-Campus Blogging(p. 61)
• Counterpoint: School Officials Should Have Broad Leeway to Regulate Student Blogs and Student Online Speech(p. 70)
• Conclusion: Controversies Over the Blogosphere Are Here to Stay(p. 80)
• Notes(p. 88)
• Resources(p. 92)
• Elements of the Argument(p. 96)
• Appendix Beginning Legal Research(p. 98)
• Index(p. 102)

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The increased popularity of Weblogs, or "blogs," has prompted many questions: Should blogging about a candidate be considered a political advertisement, subject to campaign finance laws? Should bloggers receive the same access to public officials and events as traditional journalists do? Should schools be able to regulate their students' blogs? Blogging tackles these issues by examining this hot-button topic from different angles. Full-color photographs, comprehensive sidebars, and relevant elements of the argument add value to this useful new resource for students of current issues. Excerpted from Blogging by David L. Hudson, David L. Hudson All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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David L. Hudson Jr. is a research attorney with the First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University
Alan Marzilli, M.A., J.D., is a program associate with Advocates for Human Potential, Inc.