The first amendment and the doctrine of corporate personhood: Collapsing the press-corporation distinction

Journalism

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 255-278

  Allen, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate personhood; Discourse democracy; First Amendment; Media ownership; Public sphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645264647     PISSN: 14648849     EISSN: 17413001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146488490100200303     Document Type: Article

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