Abstract
This paper presents a model of public support for First Amendment rights. The model indicates two distinctive paths of support of rights in two cases: the (speech and assembly) rights of a neo-Nazi group to march in a Jewish neighborhood and the (press) right of a reporter during wartime to send home a story critical of military without military clearance. One path, providing positive support for rights, involves reading of newspaper public affairs, knowledge and reasoning. The second, a negative path, indicates rejection of rights through material values of control, watching of television entertainment and expression of negative affect. Data are gathered in a telephone survey of 436 adult residents of Dane county, Wisconsin.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - Jul 1997 |
| Event | 80th Annual Conference of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, AEJMC 1997 - Chicago, United States Duration: 30 Jul 1997 → 2 Aug 1997 |
Conference
| Conference | 80th Annual Conference of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, AEJMC 1997 |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Chicago |
| Period | 30/07/97 → 2/08/97 |