The Project

I am creating this blog as a class project. This particular journalism class, J387: Communication History, called for us to do a research paper or project on a topic of our choosing pertaining to the history of communication. I found it pertinent to follow my main field of study for my undergraduate degree, political science, for that is where I would be able to ascertain the most insight. A topic that had always fascinated me was censorship and freedom of information. However I found it extremely difficult to find primary sources on what the United States media was not covering. I realized that it would be more relevant for me to see the government regulation of information or media that the public is exposed to. The question I posed to my self was “How do United State’s censorship laws of print media differ from censorship laws of digital media?” I chose these two particular forms of media because newspapers have traditionally been the main source of information for the public, nevertheless there has recently been a shift in which the new generation is relying on the internet. However there is a huge difference in the regulation of these media. The following are my findings.