Authors
Citation
D. Copeland, The Zenger trial, MEDIA ST J, 14(2), 2000, pp. 2
Categorie Soggetti
Communication
Journal title
MEDIA STUDIES JOURNAL
ISSN journal
10577416
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Volume
14
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Database
ISI
SICI code
1057-7416(200021)14:2<2:TZT>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
A professor of mass communication examines a venerable story and finds, in
light of scholarship, a challenging conclusion: "The trial of John Peter Ze
nger had little to do with freedom of the press in colonial America. It had
much to do with political control and partisanship in New York.".