CSCI E-6: Internet Crime

Dec 6, 2007

Blogs, Free Speech, and the Press (Guest: Beth Weise, USA Today)

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Beth Weise, a science writer for USA Today, will be discussing how freedom of the press and free speach are being challenged by a dramatically expanded definition of the press that's made possible in the world of blogging. She will also take a critical look at blogging, showing why it is not always journalism and why, in her opinion, a free and open society still needs professional journalists.

Required Reading

• Reporters Committee Whitepaper, a general overview from The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press on confidentiality issues, which includes portions on electronic media.
• EFF's most recent blogger protection case, which gives a good legal look at the underlying legal issues in blogger protection.

  Reference

• McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Comm'n (93-986), 514 U.S. 334 (1995)