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Who's to know? : information, the media, and public awareness /

Does the public have a right to know? Discusses factors that may interfere with that right and limit public knowledge, using examples from current events which dramatize the complex issues of media censorship.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Weiss, Ann E., 1943-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1990.
Subjects:	Mass media > Censorship > Juvenile literature. Freedom of information > Juvenile literature. Mass media > Objectivity > Juvenile literature. Privacy, Right of > Juvenile literature. Mass media > Censorship. Freedom of information. Privacy, Right of.

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