The Crisis of the Press and Democracy:  Saving the Press Function

The Crisis of the Press and Democracy: Saving the Press Function

Online Conference hosted by the Abrams Institute for Free Expression and the Information Society Project at Yale Law School.

By Information Society Project at Yale Law School

Date and time

March 19, 2021 · 9:15am - March 20, 2021 · 1:30pm PDT

Location

Online

About this event

Media that Citizens Need

What kind of journalism do we need to support our democratic government? Who structures our public democratic conversation?

Frenemies of the Press

The impact of social media on the press; how social media alters, impedes, undermines and/or supports the press

Structural Fixes to Protect and Enhance The Press- PART I and PART II

Options for supporting and enhancing press functions and institutions, including antitrust, tax, nonprofit entities, government funding, data privacy regulation, regulation of social media and search engines.

Interpreting the Press Clause - It is in the Constitution. Why and what should be its role? Who is the “The Press” Who and what are we trying to mobilize to protect?

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for more information on the Information Society Project at Yale Law School, please visit our website http://law.yale.edu/isp

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