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Anthony L. Fargo

Social Sciences · Indiana University

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Law, Rights, and FreedomsFreedom of Expression and DefamationCriminal Law and EvidenceInternational Law and Human RightsPrivacy, Security, and Data Protection

Publications

31

Citations

72

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

28

Publishing since 1999

Research summary
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Anthony L. Fargo studies media law with a focus on press freedom, particularly the legal protections available to journalists and their confidential sources. His work examines topics such as shield laws, government surveillance and leak prosecutions, and protections for investigative and cross-border journalists. This research sits at the intersection of communication studies and constitutional/First Amendment law.

Press freedom and freedom of expressionJournalist source protection and shield lawsGovernment surveillance and leak prosecutionsMedia law and legal methodsProtection of journalists from physical assault

Publication activity has been intermittent over the past decade, with occasional years of a few outputs interspersed with quiet years, averaging under one publication per year recently.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 0.6/year recently
2017: 3 publications317182019: 2 publications192020: 1 publication202021: 3 publications321222023: 1 publication23242025: 1 publication252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Communication Law and Policy×3
  • The Journal of Interdisciplinary History×1
  • The International Encyclopedia of Journalism Studies×1
  • Journalism & Mass Communication Educator×1
  • The International Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods×1

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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