E. L. Godkin and His (Special and Influential) View of 19th Century Journalism

1992 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 1039-1049 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Caudill
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
The Press ◽  
Mixed Feelings

E. L. Godkin was the influential editor of both the Nation (1865–1899) and the New York Evening Post (1881–1899). This study concentrates on Godkin's attitude toward journalism, which was multi-dimensional; he saw journalism as having power to change for good but he also saw much pandering to popular audiences in the era of Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst. Godkin himself wanted to make money and to change society, and he was successful in both ways. But he assailed editors and reporters for grubbing after facts and sensationalizing them. Godkin, like some others in this period between centuries, had mixed feelings about journalism, but he defended freedom of expression and the role of the press in democracy.

The Pentagon Papers Framework, Fifty Years Later

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Allison Aviki ◽  
Jonathan Cedarbaum ◽  
Rebecca Lee ◽  
Jessica Lutkenhaus ◽  
Seth P. Waxman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
National Security ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
New York Times ◽  
National Defense ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
The Government ◽  
The One

In New York Times Co. v. United States,1 the Supreme Court confronted a problem that is inherent in a democratic society that values freedom of expression and, in particular, the role of the press in challenging the truthfulness of claims by the government, especially in the realm of national security. On the one hand, as Justice Potter Stewart wrote in his concurring opinion, “it is elementary” that “the maintenance of an effective national defense require[s] both confidentiality and secrecy.”...

Truth and Privilege

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyndsay Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Social History ◽  
American Revolution ◽  
Institutional Design ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Over Expression ◽  
Essential Question ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Common

Truth and Privilege is a comparative study that brings together legal, constitutional and social history to explore the common law's diverging paths in two kindred places committed to freedom of expression but separated by the American Revolution. Comparing Nova Scotia and Massachusetts, Lyndsay Campbell examines the development of libel law, the defences of truth and privilege, and the place of courts as fora for disputes. She contrasts courts' centrality in struggles over expression and the interpretation of individual rights in Massachusetts with concerns about defining protective boundaries for the press and individuals through institutional design in Nova Scotia. Campbell's rich analysis acts as a lens through which to understand the role of law in shaping societal change in the nineteenth century, shedding light on the essential question we still grapple with today: what should law's role be in regulating expression we perceive as harmful?

Christopher Wheeldon

2021 ◽  
pp. 735-753
Author(s):  
Rachel Straus
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Broadway Musical ◽  
The Press ◽  
Michael Jackson

In 2000, English-born Christopher Wheeldon became the first artist-in-residence at New York City Ballet (NYCB). The press compared his choreography to George Balanchine’s. This chapter discusses Wheeldon’s critically acclaimed NYCB ballet Polyphonia (2001) in relation to the “thick narrative” of the company’s history. It argues that Wheeldon’s collaborations with NYCB dancers Wendy Whelan and Jock Soto, in Polyphonia and other works, produced a unique aesthetic, one that transcended Balanchine’s neoclassical legacy. The chapter ends by considering how Wheeldon’s controversial decision to direct the Broadway musical about Michael Jackson is not out of character, but emblematic of his propensity to embrace the role of an outsider, who works to understand the unfamiliar and who surpasses what is expected of him.

scholarly journals Policy Considerations for Using Forests to Mitigate Carbon Dioxide Emissions

2001 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 241-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Brown ◽  
R. Neil Sampson ◽  
Bernhard Schlamadinger ◽  
John Kinsman
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Forest Growth ◽  
Christian Science ◽  
Climate Change Negotiations ◽  
Christian Science Monitor ◽  
The Press ◽  
International Climate

A recent article in Nature, “Soil Fertility Limits Carbon Sequestration by Forest Ecosystems in a CO2-Enriched Atmosphere” by Oren and colleagues[1], has been widely reported on, and often misinterpreted, by the press. The article dampens enthusiasm for accelerated forest growth due to CO2 fertilization and puts in question the fringe theory that the world’s forests can provide an automatic mitigation feedback. We agree that these results increase our understanding of the global carbon cycle. At the same time, their relevance in the context of the international climate change negotiations is much more complicated than portrayed by newspapers such as the New York Times (“Role of Trees in Curbing Greenhouse Gases is Challenged”, May 24, 2001) and the Christian Science Monitor (“Trees No Savior for Global Warming”, May 25, 2001).

The Pilgrims Society and Public Diplomacy, 1895-1945

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Bowman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Public Diplomacy ◽  
The United States ◽  
State Involvement ◽  
The Press ◽  
Anglo American

This book examines the role of the elite Pilgrims Society in Anglo-American relations during the first half of the twentieth century. The Pilgrims Society was a dining club founded in London and New York in 1902 and 1903 which sought to improve relations between Britain and the United States. The Society provided an elite network that brought together influential politicians, diplomats, journalists, and businessmen during key moments in Anglo-American diplomacy. This book argues that the Pilgrims acted in cooperation with officialdom in both countries to promote its essentially elitist conception of Anglo-American friendship. The book presents a series of case studies that focus on the proceedings and wider diplomatic significance of lavish banquets held across the period at iconic London and New York hotels. In so doing, the book is the first-ever scholarly examination of the Pilgrims Society and establishes the role of unofficial public diplomacy activities and associational culture in official Anglo-American relations in an earlier period than has been recognised in the existing historiography. The book concludes that the Pilgrims Society is best regarded as a semi-official actor in international relations which – through its engagement with the press and by means of facilitating contact between policy-making elites – provided a milieu that supported ideas of Anglo-American friendship and legitimised greater state involvement in public diplomacy.

scholarly journals A TRAJETÓRIA DE CORINA DE VIVALDI NA IMPRENSA BRASILEIRA ENTRE 1874 E 1880 * THE TRAJECTORY OF CORINA DE VIVALDI IN THE BRAZILIAN PRESS BETWEEN 1874 AND 1880

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 134
Author(s):  
Helen De Oliveira Silva
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Female Empowerment ◽  
The Press

Corina de Vivaldi (1859-1891) foi uma escritora brasileira que atuou na imprensa nos últimos anos do século XIX. Este texto objetiva descrever e analisar a produção da autora, desprovida de estudos, com particular atenção para os trabalhos escritos quando ainda era muito jovem, a partir de 1874 até o ano de 1880, período em que foi acompanhada pelo seu pai, o ex-cônsul e comerciante Charles F. de Vivaldi (1824-1902). A análise dos textos pode esclarecer quais eram as posições de Corina a respeito das mudanças em curso nos Oitocentos, sejam elas em relação à educação, à emancipação feminina e/ou ao papel da imprensa. Desta maneira, procura-se revisitar a atuação da escritora nos impressos brasileiros entre 1874 e 1880, que talvez tenha sido negligenciada pela dificuldade em identificar seus textos.*Corina de Vivaldi (1859-1891) was a Brazilian writer who appeared in the press in the last years of 19th century. This paper describes and analyzes the author’s production, devoid of studies, with particular attention to the written works when she was still very young, from 1874 until the year of 1880, period in which she was accompanied by her father, former Consul and trader Charles F. de Vivaldi (1824-1902). The analysis of texts may clarify what were Corina’s opinions about the ongoing changes in the 1800s, whether they are in relation to education, to female empowerment and/or the role of the press. Thus, we seek to revisit the writer’s action in the Brazilian newspapers between 1874 and 1880, which may have been neglected by the difficulty to identify her texts.

scholarly journals Las revistas satíricas sevillanas en el primer tercio del siglo XX y sus dibujantes.

2021 ◽  
pp. 7-26
Author(s):  
Jesús Carlos Méndez Paguillo
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Second Republic ◽  
Physical Location ◽  
The Press ◽  
History Of ◽  
Informative Content ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Siglo Xx ◽  
The City

In this work we intend to make a compilation of the names of the satirical magazines that appeared in the city of Seville from 1900 until the last years of the Second Republic, together with their cartoonists, providing new headlines as a basis for the bibliography of the press already existing in Seville. It would also be a continuation of the search for local satirical magazines of the 19th century and the cartoonists of the same that we already started in previous years. In addition, we develop some of them, giving information on their physical location and highlighting some notes about their staff, motivation and informative content, highlighting their way of seeing some day-to-day events in the city and others related to the history of Seville itself and that of its characters. Another aspect that we consider of great value are those related to freedom of expression, such as the crimes of defamation and against honor, such as those that occurred with the Don Próspero magazines in 1902 and with the publication of en 1930, junto a unas notas sobre el secuestro de la edición Sevilla en Broma del columnista y periodista de sucesos Galerín en 1926.

scholarly journals Who let the blogs out? Media and free speech in post-coup Fiji

2007 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Foster
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Free Speech ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
Coup D'etat ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
Safe Option ◽  
The Press ◽  
Journalistic Ethics

Fiji’s fourth armed seizure of government on 5 December 2006 delivered more than a new administration - it heralded the onslaught of a new media environment. With a heavy military crackdown on dissenting opinion and subsequent self-censorship of mainstream media, anonymous weblogs became a safe option for expressing anti-coup views. But because some anonymous blogs allowed racist, defamatory and provocative views to flourish, the role of the press and journalistic ethics was also seen as important. This article examines how a new—and uneasy—media combination kept freedom of expression alive in the months following the coup d’état. Cartoon: © Malcolm Evans

‘POUND FOOLISH PENNY WISE’ SYSTEM: THE ROLE OF ACCOUNTING IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE RIVER TYNE, 1800–1850

2003 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susie Brackenborough
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Central Government ◽  
The Body ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Early 19Th Century ◽  
Accounting Data ◽  
The Press ◽  
Emancipatory Practice ◽  
The 19Th Century

The relationship between accounting and governmentality, and the increasing statutory regulation of companies by central government during the 19th century have attracted a great deal of attention from accounting historians. Conversely, accounting change within local authorities in this period has attracted far less attention. The paper examines the consequences of the increase in public accountability of local authorities in England and Wales in the context of the Newcastle Corporation, the body responsible for collecting and distributing the town's wealth. During the first half of the 19th century Newcastle Corporation was heavily criticized for neglecting the improvement of the River Tyne. The paper illustrates how the Newcastle Corporation and those opposed to it used accounting as a lobbying tool to promote their interests. Gallhofer and Haslam [2001, p. 29] showed how, in the late 19th century, “radical political activists” used accounting data through the medium of the press as an “emancipatory” practice. In many ways, the case of the improvement of the River Tyne during the early 19th century also reveals the use of accounting as an ‘emancipatory’ force by opposition groups. The paper finds that the Corporation used accounting data to justify inaction and the opposition used accounting data to promote its objectives. These contests resulted in the control of the River Tyne being taken from the Corporation and placed in the hands of a trust in 1850.

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