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Articles by Michael J. Socolow

Michael J. Socolow is an associate professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine.
“Traditionally, it’s not been state censorship that’s cleansed American public debate. Rather, since the advent of electronic communication, commercial corporations have often acted out of fear of reprisal — from both the government and the public.”