Shannon E. Martin

Bits, Bytes, and Big Brother

Federal Information Control in the Technological Age

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This study examines the tensions and interrelationships inherent in federal control of information in the technological era. Analyzing topics relating to information content and carrier issues, citizens' natural rights and utilities, and the effects of the executive and legislative branches, the author examines the historical definitions of information, traditional ethical principles, the parameters as framed by the Constitution, and three kinds of information control actions promulgated by the federal government (the Foreign Agents Registration and Propaganda Act, the Computer Security Act of 1987, and the Pentagon media rules during the Persian Gulf War). Following analysis of the practical, ethical, and legal issues involved, the author recommends a proactive information policy encompassing both information content and carriers and preserving Constitutional principles on the free flow of information.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9780275949006
• ISBN-10: 0275949001
• Artikelnr.: 21084130

Autorenporträt

SHANNON E. MARTIN is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Journalism and Mass Media at Rutgers University in New Jersey. She has contributed to journals such as Communication and the Law and Journalism Quarterly.

Inhaltsangabe

Author's Note Foreword Introduction: Preliminary Considerations of
Information Access and Control Brief History of Affirmative Federal Public
Access Law Definition of "Information" The Foreign Agents Registration Act
The Computer Security Act of 1987 The Pentagon Rules on Media Access
Principles of Ethical Reasoning Ethical Principles in Federal Information
Control Federal Information Control in a Technological Age Appendix 1:
Foreign Agents Registration and Propaganda Act Appendix 2: The Computer
Security Act of 1987 Media Pools in the Persian Gulf 1991 Selected
Bibliography Legal Index Subject Index Name Index