Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons™
Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Keyword
-
- American Civil War (1)
- Brigham Young (1)
- Confederate (1)
- Copyright law (1)
- Court packing plan (1)
-
- Donaldson v. Beckett (1)
- E-culture (1)
- Facebook (1)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1)
- Higher education (1)
- House of Lords (1)
- Justice Owen J. Roberts (1)
- Latter-day Saints (1)
- Loyalty (1)
- Mormon media (1)
- Mormons (1)
- Newspapers (1)
- Polygamy (1)
- Presentations (1)
- Social media (1)
- Statehood (1)
- Supreme Court (1)
- Switch in time that saved nine (1)
- Symposium (1)
- The Seasons (1)
- Union (1)
- Utah Territory (1)
Articles 1 - 5 of 5
Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Mormon Media Studies Symposium - 2012, Sherry Baker
Mormon Media Studies Symposium - 2012, Sherry Baker
Faculty Publications
Website for the Mormon Media Studies Symposium year 2012.
To Facebook, Or Not To Facebook, John Hilton Iii, Kenneth Plummer
To Facebook, Or Not To Facebook, John Hilton Iii, Kenneth Plummer
Faculty Publications
A significant shift in computer-mediated communication has taken place, in which in some cases, social media is becoming the dominant form of communication. Organisations who wish to communicate effectively are turning to social media; however, there are challenges associated with using it. This article chronicles the attempts of one educational institution to implement the use of social media in their organisation.
Justice Owen J. Roberts On 1937, Edward L. Carter, Edward E. Adams
Justice Owen J. Roberts On 1937, Edward L. Carter, Edward E. Adams
Faculty Publications
The motivations for Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts’ so-called “switch in time that saved nine” in 1937 remain largely obscured. For much of the past 75 years, judges, lawyers and scholars have discussed—including recently in this journal—why Justice Roberts would vote to uphold minimum-wage legislation in March 1937 when he had voted to invalidate similar legislation in June 1936. Given that President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveiled his court-packing plan on February 5, 1937, externalists have ascribed political motivations to Roberts and the Court. Internalists, meanwhile, have pointed to legal reasons for the switch. However, with the exception of a …
“Choking The Channel Of Public Information”: Re-Examination Of An Eighteenth-Century Warning About Copyright And Free Speech, Edward L. Carter
“Choking The Channel Of Public Information”: Re-Examination Of An Eighteenth-Century Warning About Copyright And Free Speech, Edward L. Carter
Faculty Publications
The U.S. Supreme Court in Eldred v. Ashcroft gave First Amendment importance to the topic of copyright history. In measuring whether Congress has altered the “traditional contours” of copyright such that First Amendment scrutiny must be applied, federal courts—including the Supreme Court in its 2011 Term case Golan v. Holder—must carefully examine the intertwined history of copyright and freedom of the press. The famous but misunderstood case of Donaldson v. Beckett in the British House of Lords in 1774 is an important piece of this history. In Donaldson, several lawyers, litigants, judges, and lords recognized the danger posed …
Utah And The Civil War Press, Kenneth L. Alford Ph.D.
Utah And The Civil War Press, Kenneth L. Alford Ph.D.
Faculty Publications
A discussion of how Mormons were treated in the national press during the American Civil War with an emphasis on polygamy, statehood requests, loyalty, and Brigham Young.
This chapter was originally published (and reprinted in "Civil War Saints" with permission):
Kenneth L. Alford, “Utah and the Civil War Press.” Utah Historical Quarterly 80, no. 1 (Winter 2012): 75–92.