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David Pritchard

  • Emeritus Professor, Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies

Education

  • PhD, University of Wisconsin–Madison
  • MA, Ohio State University
  • BA, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Teaching Interests

  • Freedom of expression
  • Communication research
  • Politics and media

Research Interests

  • Defamation law
  • Journalism standards
  • Access to information

Selected Publications

Pritchard, David H., and Anderson, Jonathan. Transparency and the modern university: An empirical study of public records litigation involving the University of Wisconsin, 1983-2016.
Pritchard, David H.“La responsabilité de l’information aux États-Unis à l’ère de l’Internet” Informer avec Internet: Reprises et métamorphoses de l'informationEd. Touboul, Annelise , Hare, Isabelle , Rampon, Jean-Michel , and Tétu, Jean-François . Besançon: Presses universitaires de Franche Comté. ().
Pritchard, David H.“La montée et la chute de l’autorégulation des médias d’information aux États-Unis” Les médias face à leurs publics: La nouvelle imputabilitéEd. Bernier, Marc-François. Quebec City: Presses de l’Université Laval. ().
Carmody, Casey, and Pritchard, David H.“Policy Liberalism, Public Opinion and Strength of Journalist's Privilege in the American States” First Amendment Studies49. (2015): 31-43.
Pritchard, David H.“The Weakening of News Accountability in the United States since the 1960s” La régulation du travail journalistique dans dix paysEd. Giroux, Daniel , and Trudel, Pierre . Centre d'études sur les médias. (2014).
Pritchard, David H.“Rethinking Criminal Libel: An Empirical Study” Communication Law and Policy14.3 (2009): 303-339.
Pritchard, David H., Terry, Christopher, and Brewer, Paul R.“One Owner, One Voice? Testing a Central Premise of Newspaper Broadcast Cross-Ownership Policy” Communication Law and Policy13.1 (2008): 1-27.
Pritchard, David H., and Stonbely, Sarah . “Racial Profiling in the Newsroom” Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly84.2 (2007): 231-248.
Young, Mary L., and Pritchard, David H.“Cross-Border Crime Storie: American Media, Canadia Law, and Murder in the Internet Age” American Review of Canadian Studies36.3 (2006): 407-426.
. Holding the Media Accountable: Citizens, Ethics, and the LawEd. Pritchard, David H.Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. 2000.
Pritchard, David H., and Sauvageau, Florian. Les journalistes canadiens: Un portrait de fin de siècleSainte-Foy, Quebec: Presses de l'Université Laval. 1999.