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Bits, Bytes, and Big Brother Federal Information Control in the Technological Age
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By Shannon E. Martin
ISBN: 0-275-94900-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-94900-6
184 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 3/30/1995
List Price: $98.95 (UK Sterling Price: £57.95)
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Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • The book will be of principle use to those with an interest in federal information policy and First Amendment theory. Those who are focusing more on new communication technologies may appreciate the broad theoretical and philosophical questions that the work raises.
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    Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
Description: 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.
Table of Contents:
  • 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
LC Card Number: 94-32929
LCC Class: KF2765
Dewey Class: 343.7309
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