The First Amendment Lives On: Conversations in Commemoration of Hugh M. Hefner's Legacy of Enduring Free Speech and Free Press Values - Softcover

Stuart N. Brotman (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826222609 ISBN 13: 9780826222602

Publisher: University of Missouri Press, 2022

Synopsis

Hugh M. Hefner’s legacy of enduring free speech and free press values is embodied in the Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Awards, established in 1979, which honor leading First Amendment scholars and advocates. Hefner also had a lifelong interest in film censorship issues and supported teaching about them at the University of Southern California for 20 years. His deep commitment to these values was confirmed when the author was granted unrestricted access to over 3,000 personal scrapbooks, which Hefner had kept in order to track free speech and press issues during his lifetime.
 
The format of the book is an homage to the in-depth conversational interviews Hefner pioneered as the editor and publisher of Playboy magazine. Stuart Brotman conducted in-person interviews with eight persons who in their lifetimes have come to represent a “greatest generation” of free speech and free press scholars and advocates.

About this title

About the Author

Stuart N. Brotman is the inaugural Howard Distinguished Endowed Professor of Media Management and Law and Beaman Professor of Journalism and Electronic Media at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He has served in four presidential administrations on a bipartisan basis and is a frequent analyst for leading newspapers and magazines. He is the author of Communications Law and Practice.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826222609
• ISBN 13: 9780826222602
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256