| 摘要 | 第1-9页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第9-13页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第13-18页 |
| CHAPTER I: THE PRINCIPLE OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH | 第18-34页 |
| ·Freedom of Speech in the Colonial Era | 第18-21页 |
| ·Ratification of the Bill of Rights | 第21-26页 |
| ·The Intentions of the Framers | 第26-34页 |
| ·No Prior-Restraint and Tolerance of Sedition | 第26-31页 |
| ·Free Exchange of Ideas | 第31-34页 |
| CHAPTER II: THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CPI | 第34-57页 |
| ·World War I, Propaganda and Censorship in Britain and Germany | 第34-43页 |
| ·World War I:A Total War | 第34-35页 |
| ·Propaganda and Censorship in Britain and Germany | 第35-43页 |
| ·Propaganda and Censorship in Britain | 第36-39页 |
| ·Propaganda and Censorship in Germany | 第39-43页 |
| ·The United States at the Time of its Entrance into the War | 第43-49页 |
| ·Against Intervention in the Early Days | 第43-45页 |
| ·Evolution of American Sentiment toward a Pro-ally and Pro-war Position | 第45-49页 |
| ·Influence of British and German Propaganda | 第45-47页 |
| ·Economic and Cultural Links to the Allied | 第47页 |
| ·Nationalistic Domestic Preparedness Movement | 第47-48页 |
| ·Patriotic Sentiment Rising | 第48-49页 |
| ·Creation of the Committee on Public Information (the CPI) | 第49-57页 |
| ·Disorder in Government's Information Releasing | 第49-50页 |
| ·Establishment of the Committee on Public Information | 第50-51页 |
| ·The Structure of the CPI | 第51-57页 |
| ·Domestic Section | 第52-54页 |
| ·Foreign Section | 第54-57页 |
| CHAPTER III: THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CPI | 第57-77页 |
| ·Publicity: Affirmative Propaganda | 第57-71页 |
| ·Through the Written Words | 第57-65页 |
| ·The Division of News | 第58-59页 |
| ·The Official Bulletin | 第59-60页 |
| ·The Division of Civic and Educational Publications | 第60-65页 |
| ·Through the Spoken Words | 第65-68页 |
| ·The Division of Four Minute Men | 第66-67页 |
| ·The Speaking Division | 第67-68页 |
| ·Through Films and Pictures | 第68-71页 |
| ·The Division of Films and the Division of Pictures | 第68-70页 |
| ·The Bureau of Cartoons | 第70页 |
| ·The Division of Pictorial Publicity | 第70-71页 |
| ·The CPI's Work of Censorship | 第71-77页 |
| ·Censoring Various Publications | 第72-75页 |
| ·Censoring Newspapers | 第72-74页 |
| ·Censoring Books | 第74-75页 |
| ·Censoring Films | 第75-77页 |
| CHAPTER IV: THE CPI AND THE SPIRIT OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH | 第77-104页 |
| ·Prior Restraints | 第78-83页 |
| ·The Preliminary Statement to the Press of the United States | 第79-81页 |
| ·Extension of the Power of Censorship | 第81-83页 |
| ·Manipulation of Public Opinion by Publicity | 第83-90页 |
| ·Blocking the Channels of Communication | 第84-87页 |
| ·Indirectly Blocking the Newspapers | 第85-86页 |
| ·Directly Blocking the Other Media | 第86-87页 |
| ·Providing One-Sided Information | 第87-90页 |
| ·No Tolerance of Dissents | 第90-98页 |
| ·"Voluntary" Censorship on the Press | 第90-92页 |
| ·Dissidents in the CPI's Blacklists | 第92-95页 |
| ·German Americans | 第92-94页 |
| ·Other Dangerous Groups | 第94-95页 |
| ·No Tolerance of Dissents | 第95-98页 |
| ·Impact on Wars after World War I | 第98-104页 |
| ·World War II: Japanese Americans'Internment | 第99-100页 |
| ·Vietnam War: Playing the Secrecy Card | 第100-102页 |
| ·War on Terrorism: USA PATRIOT Act | 第102-104页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第104-107页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第107-113页 |
