Scholarship related to First Amendment, communications and media law has changed dramatically in the last twenty-five years. This article analyzes how the changes have impacted that scholarship. In the process, it focuses on the rise and leadership of female law professors in these fields over the past several decades. The views of more than a half-dozen of these women about the importance of this development, what led them into their respective areas of scholarly emphasis, and what more needs to be done to diversify these fields are featured. Additionally, the article addresses what might be considered a possible bandwagon effect on First Amendment scholarship in traditional law journals. Furthermore, it explores both the increase in topic-specific journals related to facets of communications law and the growth of online companions to traditional law journals that concentrate on publishing shorter articles, essays and reviews. Finally, the article offers some suggestions regarding submitting articles to traditional law journals.

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传统法律期刊传播与第一修正法的研究现状：评估与指导

在过去的25年中，与第一修正案，传播和媒体法相关的奖学金发生了巨大变化。本文分析了变化如何影响了该奖学金。在此过程中，它着眼于过去几十年来在这些领域中女性法律教授的崛起和领导。这些女性中有超过半数的女性对这种发展的重要性，导致她们进入各自学术领域的观点以及为使这些领域多样化而需要做更多的工作的观点。此外，本文还讨论了传统法律期刊上对第一修正案奖学金可能产生的影响。此外，它探讨了与通信法相关的特定主题期刊的增长，以及致力于出版较短的文章，论文和评论的传统法律期刊的在线伴侣的增长。最后，本文提供了有关将文章提交给传统法律期刊的一些建议。