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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Student Media in U.S. Secondary Schools: Associations with School Demographic Characteristics
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Bobkowski, Piotr S.; Goodman, Mark; Bowen, Candace Perkins – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 2012
This study provides an up-to-date counting of student media in U.S. public high schools. The analysis underscores the importance of school demographic characteristics in predicting whether schools offer student media. The disparities identified here should inform how journalism schools, scholastic journalism organizations, funding agencies, and…
Descriptors: Journalism Education, Scholastic Journalism, Institutional Characteristics, School Demography
Protecting the "Impressionable Minds" from the "Impressionable Minds": The Third-Person Effect and Student Speech
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Maksl, Adam; Schraum, Brian – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 2012
Support for student expression and First Amendment attitudes were measured among Missouri high school principals (n = 86). Findings demonstrated that the third-person effect was a significant predictor of these attitudes. The more principals perceived mass media to affect others over themselves, the less supportive they were for student free…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Rights, Freedom of Speech, Intellectual Freedom