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Author:   RonNell Andersen Jones (University of Utah) ,  Sonja R. West (University of Georgia)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
ISBN:  

9781009515504

ISBN 10:   1009515500
Pages:   472
Publication Date:   24 July 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Introduction; 1. The future of press freedom RonNell Andersen Jones and Sonja R. West; Part I. Democracy and the Press Function: 2. The press and American democracy Robert Post; 3. Political tensions and the democratic press Gregory P. Magarian; 4. Post-newspaper democracy and the rise of communicative citizenship Nikki Usher; 5. 'Murder the media': press freedom, violence, and the public sphere Joseph Blocher; Part II. Evolving Threats to the Press Function: 6. Fitting a square peg into a round hole: why traditional free press doctrines fail in dealing with newer media Erwin Chemerinsky; 7. Countering the mosaic of threats to press functions Lili Levi; 8. Defamation law and the crumbling legitimacy of the fourth estate Lyrissa Lidsky; 9. Press benefits and the public imagination Erin Carroll; 10. Recursive press freedom as the capacity to control and learn from mistakes Mike Ananny; Part III. Legal Protection for the Press Function: 11. Reinvigorating the press clause through negative theory Helen Norton; 12. The constitutional exceptionalism of religion and the press Amanda Shanor; 13. The other press clauses Christina Koningisor; 14. The long shadow of food lion Alan K. Chen; 15. The enduring significance of New York times v. Sullivan Samantha Barbas; 16. Returning FOIA to the press Margaret B. Kwoka; Part IV. Identifying Performers of the Press Function: 17. From bloggers in Pajamas to the gateway pundit: how Government entities do and should identify professional journalists for access and protection Richard L. Hasen; 18. A professional wrestler, privacy, and the meaning of news Amy Gajda; 19. Reconstructing the first amendment: teaching disenfranchised perspectives on press freedom Meredith D. Clark; 20. Journalism and academia: knowledge institutions buttressing constitutional democracy Vicki Jackson; 21. Policing press freedom Hannah Bloch-Wehba; Part V. Supporting the Press Function: 22. The right to know Wesley Lowery; 23. Distorting the press Heidi Kitrosser; 24. Legal foundations for non-reformist media reforms: a positive-rights paradigm for guaranteeing a universal press system Victor Pickard; 25. Innovation policy and the press Christina Koningisor and Jacob Noti-Victor; 26. Are we saving the news? Martha Minow.

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RonNell Andersen Jones is University Distinguished Professor and Teitelbaum Chair in Law at the University of Utah S. J. Quinney College of Law. She is a regular press-freedom commentator for national media outlets, Affiliated Fellow at the Yale Information Society Project, and an elected member of the American Law Institute. Sonja R. West is the Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law at the University of Georgia School of Law and Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. She is one of the nation's foremost experts on constitutional protections for the press.

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