Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Law Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

First Amendment

Jonathan Peters

Selected Works

First amendment

Articles 1 - 2 of 2

Full-Text Articles in Law

When Open Government And Academic Freedom Collide, Jonathan Peters Jan 2014

When Open Government And Academic Freedom Collide, Jonathan Peters

Jonathan Peters

Uneasy is the balance between open government and academic freedom. Scholars have argued that using public records laws to obtain their emails is a form of harassment and intimidation. Nonprofits and political parties have argued that the public has a right to know that scholars are following university rules and properly using public resources. Against that backdrop, we have explored whether public records laws apply to faculty members and whether an exemption in those laws for academic freedom would be conceptually sound and consistent with other exemptions for communications and work product.


One Journalist, Two Roles: What Happens When Journalists Also Work As Media Coordinators?, Jonathan Peters Dec 2013

One Journalist, Two Roles: What Happens When Journalists Also Work As Media Coordinators?, Jonathan Peters

Jonathan Peters

Individuals interacting with society possess multiple roles, and yet the study of journalistic role conceptions, based on the assumption that role conceptions influence journalistic outputs, has not addressed the idea that journalists possess multiple roles inside and outside the field. A peculiar arrangement in Missouri is the appointment of journalists to serve as media coordinators for the courts. Using a symbolic interactionism framework, we explore how media coordinators experience this duality of roles.