Semester
Fall
Date of Graduation
2005
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
MS
College
Reed College of Media
Department
Reed College of Media
Committee Chair
Ivan Pinnell.
Abstract
In the wake of terrorist attacks in New York and Washington on September 11, 2001, the United States government hurriedly passed the USA PATRIOT Act. This legislation gives the Executive Branch sweeping new powers that could undermine the Bill of Rights and violate civil liberties in the name of national security. The media itself is protected by the First Amendment right to a free press and relies on other civil rights as well. This study is an attempt to gauge the print media's response to the Act by examining newspaper editorials about the PATRIOT Act since 2001 and determining their level of support or nonsupport and other qualitative findings.
Recommended Citation
Bergstrom, M. Ann, "The USA PATRIOT Act and civil liberties: The media's response" (2005). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 3213.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/3213