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From colonial times to the present, the media in America has been subject to censorship challenges and regulations. This comprehensive reference guide to media censorship provides in-depth coverage of each media format--newspapers, magazines, motion pictures, radio, television, and the Internet--all of which have been, and continue to be, battlegrounds for First Amendment issues. Each media format is examined in-depth, from its origins and history through its modern development, and features discussion of landmark incidents and cases. Foerstel, author of Banned in the U.S.A. , the acclaimed reference guide to book censorship in schools and public libraries, offers a brief history of media censorship, examines in-depth the drama of seven landmark incidents, and includes 31 relevant court cases. Complementing the volume are personal interviews with prominent victims of media censorship, who give human voice to the struggle of the media to remain free, and an examination of censorship of the student press.

Fascinating examples of media censorship abound, from Peter Zenger's prerevolutionary trial for seditious libel to the modern tobacco industry's invocation of tortious interference to silence television news and the current rash of Internet censorship incidents. Chapter 1 offers a brief history of censorship of each of the media types. Chapter 2 features indepth analysis of seven landmark media censorship incidents: the trial of John Peter Zenger, H. L. Mencken and the hatrack case, John Henry Faulk and the radio blacklist, Progressive magazine's expos^D'e on the H-bomb secret, government labeling of three documentary films as political propaganda, television's tobacco wars, and Carnegie Mellon's attempt to censor students' access to the Internet. Chapter 3 examines 31 media censorship court cases from 1735 to 1997. Chapter 4 features exclusive interviews with media figures involved in censorship issues or cases--Paul Jarrico, Howard Morland, Peter Sussman, Daniel Schorr, Walter Cronkite, and Jerry Berman. Appendix A takes a look at censorship and response regarding the student press during the 1990s, after the landmark Hazelwood decision in 1988--an important topic for students in every high school. Appendix B contains a resource list of media advocacy and censorship organizations. A selected bibliography of books and electronic resources completes the text. This volume is of interest to high school and college students, teachers, librarians and scholars, and all those who are affected by these crucial First Amendment issues.

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• Introduction
• A Brief History of Media Censorship
• Newspapers Magazines Motion Pictures Radio Television Internet Prominent Examples of Media Censorship
• The Trial of John Peter Zenger, 1735
• H. L. Mencken and the Hatrack Case, 1926
• John Henry Faulk and the Radio Blacklist, 1955
• The Progressive Tells the H-Bomb Secret,1979
• Warning: Political Propaganda May Be Dangerous to Your Health, 1983
• The Tobacco Wars, 1994
• A Frightened University Censors Cyberspace, 1994
• A Chronological History of Media Censorship Cases Voices from the Media
• The Hollywood Inquisition
• Telling the H-Bomb Secret
• Committing Journalism
• Challenging Broadcasting's Corporate Masters
• Journalistic Courage, Then and Now
• Forging the Digital Bill of Rights
• Appendix A The Student Press after Hazelwood: Censorship and Response in the 1990s A Survey of Student Press Censorship Conclusion: State Alternatives to Hazelwood Restraints
• Appendix B A Selective List of Media Advocacy and Censorship Organizations Selected
• Bibliography

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School Library Journal Review

Gr 9 Up-Foerstel opens with a brief history of censorship in newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and the Internet. The next chapter discusses seven prominent examples of media censorship, including John Henry Faulk and the radio blacklist, the tobacco wars involving 60 Minutes, and problems with the Internet at Carnegie Mellon University. Chapter three is a chronological history of 28 media-censorship cases beginning in 1812 with United States v. Hudson and Goodwin and ending with Playboy Entertainment Group v. United States in 1997. The title closes with six editorials by prominent media spokespeople such as Daniel Schorr and Walter Cronkite. Appendixes consist of a survey of student-press censorship and a selective list of media advocacy and censorship organizations. A selected bibliography of books and Web sites completes the text. While not a standard ready-reference tool, this well-researched book will be useful.-Priscilla Bennett, State University of West Georgia (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

CHOICE Review

Foerstel devotes one chapter of this collection of materials to a brief history of censorship; another chapter describes seven prominent incidents, from the Zenger trial to the "tobacco wars." A chronology makes up yet a third chapter, and the last presents the essence of a half-dozen interviews of prominent media figures. The author includes two appendixes--one on the high-school press, the other a list of advocacy groups--and a short bibliography, including a useful list of Web sites. With so wide a scope, one should not be surprised that Foerstel has trouble doing justice to the material; many of these stories have been discussed at greater length elsewhere. Libraries with a strong interest in journalism may want to acquire this collection of essays, but not for the reference section despite the title. P. L. Holmer; Southern Connecticut State University

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HERBERT N. FOERSTEL is author of Surveillance in the Stacks (Greenwood, 1991), Secret Science (Praeger, 1993), Banned in the U.S.A.: A Reference Guide to Book Censorship in Schools and Public Libraries (Greenwood, 1994), Climbing the Hill (Praeger, 1996), and Free Expression and Censorship in America (Greenwood, 1997). He recently retired as Head of Branch Libraries at the University of Maryland, College Park and serves on the board of directors of the National Security Archives.