Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2021
Keywords
First Amendment, Hate Groups, Hate Speech, Media Ecology, Journalism Ecology, and Role Enactment
Abstract
This study, based on in-depth interviews with U.S.-based journalists (n = 18), explores the increasingly fraught circumstances of reporting on hate groups. We examine how journalists think about the First Amendment vis-à-vis their coverage of such groups. Through the lens of media ecology and First Amendment principles and theories, we argue ultimately that journalists who cover hate groups use the First Amendment to identify their place in the journalistic environment.
Rights Information
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
No
Citation / Publisher Attribution
International Journal of Communication, v. 15, p. 4129-4146
Scholar Commons Citation
Perreault, Gregory P.; Peters, Jonathan; Johnson, Brett; and Klein, Leslie, "How Journalists Think About The First Amendment Vis-à-vis Their Coverage of Hate Groups" (2021). School of Advertising & Mass Communications Faculty Publications. 49.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/com_facpub/49
