Office of the President, Lee C. BollingerPresident Bollinger Delivers Lecture at University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public ServiceSeptember 30, 2008
As part of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service’s
“Inspiring Ideas and Action” speakers series, President Bollinger gave a
lecture entitled "Uninhibited, Robust, and Wide-Open: The Press and
Freedom of the Press in the 20th and 21st Centuries." He discussed the
challenges facing the business of journalism during the Internet age which has
seen decreasing newspaper circulations because of free online content and less
advertising revenues. He examined the paradox the Internet offers by expanding
access to public information, while damaging the 20th Century model of the news
gathering business. He also touched on the effects of globalization on the
democratic concept of free speech and freedom of the press throughout the
world. Video
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