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Censorship Concerns In College Media: A Multiple Case Study Analysis On The Silencing Of Student Journalists, Haley Nicole Matlock Jan 2021

Censorship Concerns In College Media: A Multiple Case Study Analysis On The Silencing Of Student Journalists, Haley Nicole Matlock

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The aim of this qualitative study was to conduct a multiple case study that provides an analysis of censorship concerns at campus newspapers affiliated with public, four-year universities. Eighteen individuals from seven institutions participated in interviews. Interviewees consisted of former and current student journalists and advisers who worked at university publications where allegations of censorship have occurred within the last decade. The Student Press Law Center routinely investigates claims of censorship and provides pro bono legal counsel to student journalists (Zagier, 2011). While courts commonly sided with students in disagreements regarding free speech, Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier (1988) scaled back freedoms …


Ua1f Kern Alexander Censorship Vertical File, Wku Archives Jan 2021

Ua1f Kern Alexander Censorship Vertical File, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Records

Digitized vertical file materials regarding WKU President Kern Alexander's interactions with the College Heights Herald.


Muting The Masses: Effects Of The Spiral Of Silence In The College Newsroom, Blaire Ritter May 2013

Muting The Masses: Effects Of The Spiral Of Silence In The College Newsroom, Blaire Ritter

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

This paper explores whether or not Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann's theory, the spiral of silence, is an accurate theoretical lens to examine the issues of censorship and conflict in the student broadcast newsroom. Using data collected from classroom observations and student interviews, levels of involuntary and voluntary censorship and editorial control were examined to see if they played a role in classroom dynamic and editorial decisions. Each instance was looked at to see if it fit five criteria; a threat of isolation by peers or community, a fear of this threat, a willingness to speak out by the majority, a quasi-statistical sense …


Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - College Heights Herald, 1961-2007, Wku Archives Jan 2007

Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - College Heights Herald, 1961-2007, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Records

Digitized vertical file materials regarding the College Heights Herald.