First Amendment Studies

First Amendment Studies (formerly Free Speech Yearbook) is a peer-reviewed publication of the National Communication Association. First Amendment Studies publishes original scholarship on all aspects of free speech and embraces the full range of critical, historical, empirical, and descriptive methodologies.

First Amendment Studies welcomes scholarship addressing areas including but not limited to:

• doctrinal analysis of international and national free speech law and legislation
• rhetorical analysis of cases and judicial rhetoric
• theoretical and cultural issues related to free speech
• the role of free speech in a wide variety of contexts (e.g., organizations, popular culture, traditional and new media)

For more details about how to submit your research to First Amendment Studies, please review our Instructions for Authors.

Unless specifically indicated otherwise, articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, including screening by the editor and review by at least two anonymous referees.