| Description |
1 online resource (172 pages) : illustrations (some color), color map. |
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Teen rights and freedoms |
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Gale eBooks
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Teen rights and freedoms.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Supreme Court rulings have shaped freedom of the press for student journalists -- Student newspapers must be allowed to publish controversial paid ads : the US District Court's decision -- Schools may censor school-sponsored student publications : the Supreme Court's decision -- No distinction should be made between personal and school-sponsored publications : dissenting opinion -- The Hazelwood decision caused an increase in censorship of school newspapers -- Student journalists are going online to avoid censorship -- Many school administrators are ignorant about first amendment issues -- Giving students freedom to control their newspaper can improve a high school -- Student journalists face difficulties in doing undercover stories -- Schools are turning to indirect methods of discouraging press freedom -- Student journalists should be aware of their legal rights and restrictions -- Student journalists must report responsibly to avoid lawsuits -- Views toward press freedom have changed : personal narrative -- Students want rights professional journalists do not have -- A principal changes his mind about censorship : personal narrative -- Press freedom is being lost : personal narrative -- |
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Censorship of student journalists is harmful and wrong : personal narrative -- Students who write online favor more freedom of the press than those who do not -- Former high school students are pursuing a newspaper censorship case in federal court -- Preventing students from publishing controversial cartoons violates their first amendment rights. |
| Summary |
Examines a broad range of perceived or actual legal rights and freedoms that impact the lives of young American teens. This volume focuses on free press. |
| Subject |
Student newspapers and periodicals -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Student newspapers and periodicals -- Censorship -- United States.
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Freedom of the press -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Engdahl, Sylvia, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Free press. Detroit : Greenhaven Press, 2012 9780737758276 (DLC) 2011020812 |
| ISBN |
9780737764642 (electronic book) |
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9780737758276 (hardcover) |
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