{"title":"Monitoring the Movies: The Fight Over Film Censorship in Early Twentieth-Century Urban America by Jennifer Fronc","authors":"Clay Waters","doi":"10.5860/JIFP.V3I2-3.6777","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5860/JIFP.V3I2-3.6777","url":null,"abstract":"The chapters are arranged chronologically, retracing the national fight over film content, as various taboo subjects like abortion, white slavery, and racial intermarriage were addressed (or exploited) within the emerging medium. Similar ground was covered by Lee Grieveson in Policing Cinema: Movies and Censorship in Early-Twentieth-Century America (2004), the subject of a lengthy note in Monitoring the Movies. But Fronc’s work is bolstered by voluminous correspondence from the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, and the 40 pages of notes (in addition to an appendix, bibliography, and index) signal a comprehensive appraisal of this facet of the Progressive era. Along the way, there are a few light anecdotes, including one involving a melodramatic film about a railroad strike that featured a scene of a burning trestle, a special effect that meant the film’s costs ran into “many hundreds of dollars” (40).","PeriodicalId":422726,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Intellectual Freedom & Privacy","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125664428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Trigger Warnings: History, Theory, Context, edited by Emily J. M. Knox","authors":"Martin L. Garnar","doi":"10.5860/JIFP.V3I2-3.6738","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5860/JIFP.V3I2-3.6738","url":null,"abstract":"Since its emergence as a complicated and controversial topic in higher education, trigger warnings have spread beyond academia into popular culture. To be “triggered” has entered the vernacular, and usually with negative connotations about the sensibilities of the one being triggered. Emily Knox’s timely book provides multiple viewpoints on trigger warnings within the context of how trauma and its aftereffects impact the educational process, while also exploring the potentially negative impact of trigger warnings on intellectual freedom. Through a combination of theoretical essays, historical examinations, and case studies, this collection of essays provides a variety of perspectives that, in combination, will challenge any reader’s preconceptions about the topic.","PeriodicalId":422726,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Intellectual Freedom & Privacy","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116252777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Banned Objects Week: A Preemptive Defense of Intellectual Freedom in Twenty-First-Century Libraries","authors":"M. Cook, J. Waller","doi":"10.5860/jifp.v3i1.6519","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5860/jifp.v3i1.6519","url":null,"abstract":"The rapid proliferation of 3D printing technologies across all types of libraries has put information professionals in a somewhat precarious position. Despite a rich history of defending intellectual freedom, and numerous programs that promote accessibility of potentially controversial textual material, little has been written or codified with respect to the librarian’s role as 3D printing gatekeeper. Yet freely available 3D models abound which might be deemed inappropriate, politically sensitive, or even illegal. This commentary proposes a proactive solution to the issue of taboo print requests: “Banned Objects Week”. Banned Objects Week—which can be implemented as a fully interactive online display of controversial 3D models—serves to demonstrate the power of this emerging technology while exposing practicing librarians and their patrons to a range of controversial but oftentimes legitimate (and definitely printable) physical artifacts. ","PeriodicalId":422726,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Intellectual Freedom & Privacy","volume":"87 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125531568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Free Speech Beyond Words: The Suprising Reach of the First Amendment by Mark V. Tushnet, Alan K. Chen, and Joseph Blocher","authors":"W. F. Richardson","doi":"10.5860/JIFP.V3I1.6562","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5860/JIFP.V3I1.6562","url":null,"abstract":"Free Speech Beyond Words: The Surprising Reach of the First Amendment addresses a straightforward, and seemingly simple, question—why is it that certain art forms that do not communicate a specific, clearly articulated message, are considered “speech” and, thus, are covered under the First Amendment? Written by three authors, this work is divided into an introduction, three main chapters, and a concluding chapter. In Chapter One, Alan Chen discusses instrumental music under the First Amendment, while in Chapter Two, Mark V. Tushnet focuses on nonrepresentational art and the First Amendment, and Joseph Blocher explores the relationship between nonsense and the First Amendment in Chapter Three (as the Supreme Court has declared nonsense poetry such as Lewis Carroll’s “Jabberwocky” to be protected under the First Amendment.) While the authors make some headway in trying to justify First Amendment protection for these art forms (and for the concept of nonsense), their primary goal seems to be to make the argument that this is an important area of legal scholarship that has been underexplored, and to encourage further study and work in this area. ","PeriodicalId":422726,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Intellectual Freedom & Privacy","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133180893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Targets of the Censor","authors":"David R. Stone","doi":"10.5860/jifp.v3i2-3.6921","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5860/jifp.v3i2-3.6921","url":null,"abstract":"BooksPeriodicals","PeriodicalId":422726,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Intellectual Freedom & Privacy","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116107918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Privacy and Public Intellectual Freedom: Why Trained Library Staff Preserve and Protect Patron Confidentiality","authors":"Miles Caudesch","doi":"10.5860/JIFP.V3I1.6502","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5860/JIFP.V3I1.6502","url":null,"abstract":"On the layman's level, this Commentary presents the essence of how and why library staff engage with the public while preserving patron privacy. Basic documentation, such as the Library Bill of Rights and the ALA's Intellectual Freedom Manual are referenced, along with an unsettling article about arson. After reading this Commentary, library staff should feel a renewed sense of loyalty to their profession, as well as an uncomfortable realization that every day, someone's life is held in the balance for educational good or for misapplied freedom: it is partially up to the librarian to help each person pursue excellence within the framework of free access to information.","PeriodicalId":422726,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Intellectual Freedom & Privacy","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117348891","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From the Bench","authors":"David R. Stone","doi":"10.5860/JIFP.V3I2-3.6918","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5860/JIFP.V3I2-3.6918","url":null,"abstract":"US Supreme CourtColleges and UniversitiesPublic ArtPrivacy ","PeriodicalId":422726,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Intellectual Freedom & Privacy","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124970861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chasing Shadows: Visions of Our Coming Transparent World, edited by David Brin and Stephen W. Potts","authors":"L. E. Hamm","doi":"10.5860/jifp.v3i1.6503","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5860/jifp.v3i1.6503","url":null,"abstract":"Chasing Shadows is a collection of short stories by various authors. The stories illustrate how transparent we've become in terms of privacy now that we're constantly connected to social media. They target such topics as government surveillance, live blogging, politics, and parenting. The collection was edited by David Brin and Stephen W. Potts.","PeriodicalId":422726,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Intellectual Freedom & Privacy","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132509919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}