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This current and comprehensive market-leading textbook addresses the most relevant and important aspects of mass media law in the United States, stretching from the history and adoption of the First Amendment to the most recent judicial opinions, statutory enactments and regulatory controversies affecting speech across the print, broadcast, cable and Internet media. From the laws of libel and privacy to the regulation of advertising and telecommunications, Mass Media Law 2009/2010 examines timely issues that are shaping the United States’ legal system and the future of media content. The new edition has been streamlined to include new opinions and updated coverage of important current media law concerns, including the right of reporters to protect their sources, censorship problems related to terrorism, file sharing, and the law of privacy.
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Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- CHAPTER 1: The American Legal System
- CHAPTER 2: The First Amendment: THE MEANING OF FREEDOM
- CHAPTER 3: The First Amendment: CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS
- CHAPTER 4: Libel: ESTABLISHING A CASE
- CHAPTER 5: Libel: PROOF OF FAULT
- CHAPTER 6: Libel: DEFENSES AND DAMAGES
- CHAPTER 7: Invasion of Privacy: APPROPRIATION AND INTRUSION
- CHAPTER 8: Invasion of Privacy: PUBLICATION OF PRIVATE INFORMATION AND FALSE LIGHT
- CHAPTER 9: Gathering Information: RECORDS AND MEETINGS
- CHAPTER 10: Protection of News Sources/Contempt Power
- CHAPTER 11: Free Press/Fair Trial: TRIAL-LEVEL REMEDIES AND RESTRICTIVE ORDERS
- CHAPTER 12: Free Press/Fair Trial: CLOSED JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
- CHAPTER 13: Regulation of Obscene and Other Erotic Material
- CHAPTER 14: Copyright
- CHAPTER 15: Regulation of Advertising
- CHAPTER 16: Telecommunications Regulation
- Back Matter
