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Matters of highest public interest and concern: New York Times Co. v. Sullivan and the continuing evolution of the commercial speech doctrine
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
on the lessons of history and on what they believed to be the primary purpose of the First Amendment. The rationale of Sullivan, that speech on matters of public interest should enjoy free, uninhibited entry into the public arena, can be seen at work at key...
Now to war: a textual analysis of embedded print reporters in the second Iraq war
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
This study investigated how the embedding program used by the American military during the second Persian Gulf War affected the coverage of six print reporters who participated in it. This qualitative study analyzed eight ...
William Apess, Elias Boudinot, and Samuel Cornish : Native Americans and African-Americans looking for freedom of expression, representation, and rhetorical sovereignty during the age of Jackson
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
, to decide for themselves the goals, modes, styles, and languages of public discourse." This dissertation puts rhetorical sovereignty into a historical context, finding that the concept may promote freedom of expression and the right of rhetorical...