http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 https://escholarship.org/uc/ucpress_selected/rss Recent eScholarship items from Selected Titles Fri, 15 May 2026 04:57:29 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8tw1k4t4 <p>Government's ever-increasing participation in communication processes, Mark Yudof argues, threatens key democratic values that the First Amendment was designed to protect. Government control over the exchange of ideas and information would be inconsistent with citizen autonomy, informed consent, and a balanced and mutually responsive relationship between citizens and their government. Yet the danger of government dominance must be weighed against the necessary role of government in furthering democratic values by proposing and promotion policies and by disseminating information and educating citizens. Restraints on government's ability to control communications processes are desirable, but excessive or inappropriate restrictions threaten democracy. Professor Yudof identifies a number of formal and informal checks on government as disseminator, withholder, and controller of ideas and information. Where more controls are needed, the strengthening of pluralism and legislative... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8tw1k4t4 Wed, 12 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Yudof, Mark G.