Jeffery Smith
Emeritus Professor
Education
PhD, University of Wisconsin–Madison
MS, Boston University
BA, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Research Interests
Early American press, legal history of freedom of expression, media and war, media and religion
Teaching Areas
Media history, war and media, documentary, freedom of expression
Other Activities
Editorial board member of Communication Law and Policy, Journalism and Communication Monographs, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, and Journalism History.
Selected Publications
Smith, Jeffery A.“Writing Media History Articles: Manuscript Standards and Scholarly Objectives” Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly(2015): 1-23.
Smith, Jeffery A.“Panel IV: The Future of the Press and Secrecy” Communication Law and Policy, Routledge19.1 (2014): 129-39.
Smith, Jeffery A.“Lincoln’s Other War: Public Opinion, Press Issues, and Personal Pleas” American Journalism26.4 (2009): 87-117.
Smith, Jeffery A.“Moral Guardians and the Origins of the Right to Privacy” Journalism and Communication Monographs10.1 (2008): 63-110.
Smith, Jeffery A.“Sunday Newspapers and Lived Religion in Late Nineteenth Century America” Journal of Church and State48.1 (2006): 127-52.
Smith, Jeffery A.“Fredrick Sibert’s Absolute, Adjustable First Amendment” Communication Law and Policy7.4 (2002): 379-99.
Smith, Jeffery A.“Hollywood Theology: The Commodification of Religion in Twentieth-Century Films” Religion and American Culture11.2 (2001): 191-231.
Smith, Jeffery A.War and Press Freedom: The Problem of Prerogative PowerNew York: Oxford University Press. 1999.