Foerstel, Herbert N

A collection of sixty-four documents containing federal statutes, congressional hearings, floor debates, press conferences, interviews, and essays that examine the controversy over the post-September 11, 2001 Patriot Act.

Identifies the most controversial issues facing the media profession today, including the monopolistic control of the media by conglomerates, tabloid journalism, paparazzi, plagiarism, and Internet censorship.

Documents the tensions between the First Ammendment right of free speech and censorship in the Congress, courts, and communities of the United States.

Examines the origins and development of newspapers, magazines, motion pictures, radio, television, and the Internet, and presents information about landmark incidents and cases of censorship in each media.

Analyzes eight book-banning incidents from 1976-1992, ranks 50 most frequently challenged books in the 1990s, and traces First Amendment cases in libraries.

Presents a survey of eleven major book banning incidents, a look at laws regarding bookbanning, interviews with the authors of banned books, and an annotated listing of the fifty most challenged books from 1996 through 2000.