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The Patterns And Prosecutions Of Media Leakers, Julia M. Lipkins
The Patterns And Prosecutions Of Media Leakers, Julia M. Lipkins
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
This paper examines the cases of government employees who are responsible for the disclosure of confidential information to the press, known as media leakers. I claim that the government and media leaker engage in a series of patterned responses, which leads to both the disclosure of information, and prosecution of the leaker. More specifically, I demonstrate how the government’s executive branch manages a game of leaks, in which ‘illegitimate’ leakers are separated from elite officials who also leak, but are often spared from prosecution because they are considered ‘legitimate’ players of the game. Although the boundaries surrounding ‘legitimate’ and ‘illegitimate’ …
A Dissonant Declaration From The Fed-Up Humans Of America, Stuart Ewen Ph.D.
A Dissonant Declaration From The Fed-Up Humans Of America, Stuart Ewen Ph.D.
Publications and Research
In October of 1997 a Media and Democracy Congress was held in the Great Hall of The Cooper Union. Appearing under his nom de plume, Archie Bishop, the author delivered a revision of the Declaration of Independence which, for many years, was unavailable in printed form. Then, a few years back, Hideaki Hirano—a prominent Japanese sociologist—posted a written version in Japanese translation. Now, Academic Works will serve as the repository in which the original document will be made available to a reading and thinking public.