Franklyn S. Haiman

A revised scale for the measurement of open‐mindedness

(1964). A revised scale for the measurement of open‐mindedness. Speech Monographs: Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 97-102.

Ghostwriting and the cult of leadership

A continuation of the lively debate carried on at the 1982 SCA convention in Louisville, and re‐entered at the 1983 convention in Washington, DC.

The voices of extremism revisited

In the current media marketplace there are advocates of extremism and moderation whose voices compete for adherents. It is the thesis of this essay that Barry Goldwater provided a valid insight when he declared in his famous 1964 Republican convention acceptance speech that moderation is not always a virtue and extremism not always a vice. In arriving at this conclusion, a broad range of moderate and extremist positions are examined and evaluated, on issues involving ethnocentrism, dogmatism, democracy, leadership, journalism, political correctness, freedom of speech and press, and separation of church and state.

Nonverbal Communication and the First Amendment: The Rhetoric of the Streets Revisited.

Developments of the last fifteen years in the relationship of free speech theory to nonverbal communication lead to the conclusion that many purely symbolic, emotive and victimless modes of nonverbal expression have won a firm place under the umbrella of First Amendment protection but that some nonverbal forms of communication, such as flag and draft card burnings, economic boycotts, and coercive persuasion generally, are still viewed as raising troublesome First Amendment questions.

Sexist Speech and the First Amendment.

This essay focuses on an analysis of sexist expression by men against women. This includes, at one extreme, direct intimidation or harassment and, at the other extreme, utterances that, though derogatory, are statements of an ideology or point of view. Problems of analysis arise when considering a school context, whether a classroom, a dormitory, or open spaces on campus.

Speech communication: A radical doctrine?

In his keynote address to the 1983 Central States Speech Association convention in Lincoln, Nebraska, Professor Haiman, winner of the Speech Communication Association Golden Anniversary Book Award, the American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award, and the Playboy Foundation First Amendment Award for his book, Speech and Law in a Free Society, reviews connections between speech communication as a discipline and activist commitments to First Amendment principles.