David Allen
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM, ADVERTISING, AND MEDIA STUDIES
Bolton Hall 576
Education
PhD, University of Minnesota
MA, The Pennsylvania State University
BS, University of Wisconsin–La Crosse
Courses Taught
JAMS 361 — Media Ethics
JAMS 381 — Controlling Dissent: Legal and Ethical Restraints on Expression in American Society
JAMS 559 — Law of Mass Communication
JAMS 661 — Seminar in Mass Communication and Society
JAMS 860 — Seminar in Mass Communication: Newswork and the New Capitalism
Research Interests
Media ethics, freedom of speech, media and political theory. Current research focuses on free speech zones and the management of dissent in democratic society.
Teaching Areas
Media Ethics, Law of Mass Communication, News and the Construction of Reality
Selected Publications
Allen, David S. ‘Spatial Ethics and the Public Forum’. Peter Lang, .
Allen, David S. “’Limiting Participatory Culture: The New Police Power and Free Speech Zones’.” Urban Communication Regulation: Designing Communication Abundance and Limits in the Urban Century. Ed. Drucker, Susan J., and Jassem, Harvey. Peter Lang, .
Allen, David S. “Limiting Participatory Culture: The New Police Power and the Legitimization of Free Speech Zones.” Urban Communication Regulation: Communication Freedoms and Limits. Eds. Harvey Jassem and Susan J. Drucker. New York: Peter Lang (2018).. (2018).
Allen, David S. “The Ethical Roots of the Public Forum: Pragmatism, Expressive Freedom, and Grenville Clark.” Journal of Mass Media Ethics 29.3 (2014): 14.
Allen, David S., and Hindman, Elizabeth B. “The Media and Democracy: Using Democratic Theory in Journalistic Ethics.” The Ethics of Journalism: Individual, Institutional and Cultural Influences.. Ed. Wyatt, Wendy. IB Tauris, (2014): 185-203.
Allen, David S. “Creating Meaning, Creating Citizens: The U.S. Supreme Court and the Control of Meaning in the Public Sphere.” Communication and Law: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Research. Ed. Reynolds, Amy, and Barnett, Brooke. Lawrence Erlbaum, (2006): 109-137.
Allen, David S. Democracy, Inc,: The Press Law in the Corporate Rationalization of the Public Sphere. University of Illinois Presss, 2005.
Allen, David S. “Jürgen Habermas and the Search for Democratic Principles.” Moral Engagement in Public Life: Theorists for Contemporary Ethics. Ed. Bracci, Sharon L., and Christians, Clifford G. Peter Lang Publishing, (2002): 97-122.
Allen, David S. “The First and Amendment and the Doctrine of Corporate Personhood.” Journalism: Theory, Pratice & Criticism 2.3 (2001): 255-278.