Walter M Brasch – författare

Social Foundations of the Mass Media is a historical examination of the intellectual debate over the extent of permissible freedom that should be allowed for the expression and discussion of conflicting ideas. The treatment begins with the ancient Egyptian concepts, extends through Middle Eastern writings, treats the Inquisition and concludes with modern concepts in the United States. Both the church and the state have long desired to repress dissident opinion fearing that their authority would be undermined. They have used persecution, laws, the courts and public opinion to try to impose their ideas upon an unwilling population. Thinkers from Aristotle to Zechariah Chafee, Jr., the renowned legal scholar at Harvard University, and Hugo Black, former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, have had much to say about the role of journalists, writers and dissidents. Each of their ideas and those of many others appear in the Social Foundations of the Mass Media. The debate will continue well into the future, but the issues that have been raised over the centuries remain central to the debate today.

This comprehensive introductory textbook presents a philosophical base upon which to study the media by tracing the relationship between the media and the State, from the controversial thoughts of King Urukagina in the 24th century, B.C. to the present. The concept for the book is consistent with the views reported in the University of Oregon study, Planning for Curricular Change in Journalism Education (1984), which calls for an approach to teaching that combines the history, philosophy, ethics, legal, and regulatory aspects of the media. Selected by CHOICE as an Outstanding Academic Book 1987-1988.

This comprehensive introductory textbook presents a philosophical base upon which to study the media by tracing the relationship between the media and the State, from the controversial thoughts of King Urukagina in the 24th century, B.C. to the present. The concept for the book is consistent with the views reported in the University of Oregon study, Planning for Curricular Change in Journalism Education (1984), which calls for an approach to teaching that combines the history, philosophy, ethics, legal, and regulatory aspects of the media. Selected by CHOICE as an Outstanding Academic Book 1987-1988.

This book examines social investigative reporting in American history, focusing on the years 1890-1915.

With Just Cause is a collection of essays on the relationship between the trend toward unionization and the development of the newspaper publishing industry. Selected Contents: Where We Came From: A Brief History of the Writers Guild of America; Uniting Freelance Writers: The National Writers Union; Printing Trades Unions in the Media; Collective Bargaining: A Foundation for Worker Rights; The Union Shop: Requiring Journalists to Join a Union; Media Unions Before the American Newspaper Guild; The Open Shop Agreement of the A.N.P.A.; Anticommunism in the New York Newspaper Guild; Who Killed the Herald Tribune; Endorsing Politicians and Social Issues: Freedom of Speech and a Union's Right v. Media Credibility and an Illusion of Objectivity; A Brief Look at Publishers and Newspaper Carriers; 'When It's Over, We Won't Care About You Anymore' The Mainstream Press Covers Labor; The Labor Press in America.