PBS
Pbs News Hour Extra: Lesson Plan: Policing the Airways
This lesson plan looks at the current controversy of the FCC and making media outlets more accountable for what comes over their airways. In particular, the Super Bowl Halftime Show is discussed and looked at.
Other
Pacific Media Watch
This site is produced by an independent, non-profit, non-government organization comprising journalists, lawyers, editors and other media workers, dedicated to examining issues of ethics, accountability, censorship, media freedom and...
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: Mass Media and Censorship
This is a small collection of primary source documents discussing propaganda and media control in the Soviet Union. Most documents are from the 1970s and 80s, and they are varied in both type and source. In general, the documents discuss...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Censorship
In this Wide Angle video, the people behind Kalam Nawaem, or "Sweet Talk," a popular Arab television, discuss how they must carefully choose their topics and tone to not only increase audience interest, but to keep their program on the air.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Picturing Japanese American Internment: Dorothea Lange
This media gallery explores the government-issued Japanese American internment that occurred during World War II using two videos from the American Masters film Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning. Dorothea Lange, a documentary...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Censorship in the Classroom
Online lesson that challenges students to examine the past and present practice of censorship in the classroom, in particular the "Banned books," from high school curriculums. Students research reasons for censorship and choose a side of...
Other
Media History Digital Library: Government & Law Collection (1912 1995)
A collection of original documents that deal with the interactions between the film industry and the government. They cover such issues as censorship, film industry regulation, labor issues, juvenile delinquency, and the blacklisting of...
Other
Wired.com: The Age of Paine
An article from Wired Magazine describing Paine's use of the media to support the Revolution and comparing it to use of modern media such as TV, radio and the Internet.
C-SPAN
C Span Classroom: Teaching About Fcc v. Fox
C-Span learning module asks students to examine the question of whether or not the U.S. government, FCC, has the right to ban indecency on TV. Comprehensive resources including lesson plan, background video, moot court materials, FCC v...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Democracy in Amer.: Civil Liberties: Safeguarding Individual
Do you understand what happens when there are disputes over the interpretation and protection of civil liberties as defined in the Bill of Rights? When do the rights of the individual trump the perceived needs of society, and when do...
PBS
Pbs: Reporting America at War
Companion website to the PBS documentary that traces the role of media, journalists and photojournalists in reporting America at war.
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Rcfp: Court Rescinds Its Own Prior Restraint Against the Ap
A judge decided not to continue to enforce a prior restraint keeping the Associated Press from releasing information it had obtained through an open records request.
Other
Global Internet Liberty Campaign: Regardless of Frontiers
"Protecting the Human Right to Freedom of Expression on the Global Internet" is the resource's topic. Lists the Global Internet Liberty Campaign's principles for promoting human rights and civil liberties. Introduction and overview...