Filming the First
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Filming the First

Cinematic Portrayals of Freedom of the Press

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eBook - ePub

Filming the First

Cinematic Portrayals of Freedom of the Press

About this book

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits Congress from abridging freedom of the press. But, as the printed press has been transformed into mass media with Americans now more likely to get their political information from television or social media than from print, confidence in this important, mediating institution has fallen dramatically. Movies, in their role as cultural artifacts, have long reflected and influenced those public attitudes, inventing such iconic phrases as "follow the money" from All the President's Men and "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore" from Network. Filming the First: Cinematic Portrayals of Freedom of the Press analyzes eighteen films that span from Citizen Kane to Spotlight showing changes in how the press have been portrayed over time, which voices receive the most attention and why, the relationship between the press's "Fourth Estate" role and the imperatives of capitalism, and how, despite the First Amendment's seemingly absolute language, the government has sometimes been able to limit what the public can read or view.

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Yes, you can access Filming the First by Helen J. Knowles-Gardner,Bruce E. Altschuler,Brandon T. Metroka in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politics & International Relations & Legal Education. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Contents
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Introduction: The Fundamental First Amendment
  6. Chapter 1: Censorship in a Time of War: Good Morning, Vietnam
  7. Chapter 2: A Media Mogul Battles against His Fictional Doppelganger: Citizen Kane and RKO
  8. Chapter 3: Heroic Newspaper Reporters, Editors, and Publishers Battle the President: All the President’s Men and The Post
  9. Chapter 4: Technology Transforms the Press into the Media: Network and The Social Network
  10. Chapter 5: “How Can We Possibly Approve and Check the Story . . . ?”: Good Night, and Good Luck and The China Syndrome
  11. Chapter 6: Testing the Limits of Freedom: Denial and Deliberate Intent
  12. Chapter 7: Responsibility Matters: Shattered Glass
  13. Chapter 8: Creating Protagonists, Competing Interests, and Uncertain Legal Standards: The People vs. Larry Flynt and Citizenfour
  14. Chapter 9: A Tale of One Press Clause and Two Journalisms: Spotlight and Out in the Night
  15. Chapter 10: Mainstream Press Negligence and Its Effects: The Normal Heart and Tongues Untied
  16. Conclusion: The Cost of a Free Press
  17. Bibliography
  18. About the Authors