War means threat to people's lives. Research derived from terror management theory (TMT)
illustrates that the awareness of death leads people to defend cultural ingroups and their …

A meta-analysis was conducted on empirical trials investigating the mortality salience (MS)
hypothesis of terror management theory (TMT). TMT postulates that investment in cultural …

Public access to government records is essential for democratic self-governance, and
attitudes toward that right can facilitate or hinder public policy regarding transparency. As …

Whatever you're trying to learn about the world—as a journalist or as an informed citizen—
public records often hold the key. But what records, where? And how to get them? Gaining …

This chapter explains the terror management health model (TMHM) and the research it has
inspired. It presentsstock of what the study of how people manage their awareness of …

State law is often the principal determinant of case outcomes in areas of communication law
such as access to information, defamation, invasion of privacy, and protection of news …

Government transparency is the center of vast media coverage and legal debates. Freedom
of Information laws facilitate this transparency both at the state and federal level. But few …

State law is often the principal determinant of case outcomes in areas of communication law
such as access to information, defamation, invasion of privacy, and protection of news …

The Journal of Civic Information Page 1 i Volume 2 | Number 4 December 2020 Journal
homepage: https://journals.flvc.org/civic/ ISSN (online): 2641-970X Editor’s Note A Sickness …

Better access to government information about publicly-funded research has benefits for
many groups of users including scholars, policymakers, and the general public. But can …