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Law of Public Communication 2007

ISBN: 9780801317156 | 0801317150
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Pub. Date: 1/1/1997

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SummaryTable of Contents
The 2001 Update Edition of Law of Public Communication includes the most current information available on the subject. Focusing on the day-to-day implications of the law for media practitioners, this book examines the law affecting both traditional journalism and the ever-changing commercial and electronic media, explaining the law as it applies to the daily work of media practitioners. anyone working in the mass communication field, or anyone interested in pursuing a career in mass communication.
PREFACEix
CHAPTER 1 PUBLIC COMMUNICATION AND THE LAW
1(22)
The Sources of Law
2(5)
... MORE
The Courts
7(7)
The Litigation Process: Civil and Criminal
14(5)
Working with the Law
19(2)
Limitations of Law
21(2)
CHAPTER 2 THE FIRST AMENDMENT
23(50)
Theory of Freedom of Expression
25(6)
The Process of Regulation
31(7)
Tests
38(5)
Scope of the First Amendment: The Hierarchy of Protected Expression
43(5)
Who Is Protected?
48(9)
Prior Restraints and Postpublication Punishment
57(10)
Content-Neutral Regulations
67(6)
CHAPTER 3 LIBEL
73(88)
Libel Terminology
76(3)
The Plaintiff
79(2)
The Plaintiff's Burden of Proof
81(51)
The Defendant's Case
132(24)
Preventing Libel Suits
156(2)
Ideas for Reform
158(3)
CHAPTER 4 PRIVACY AND PERSONAL SECURITY
161(56)
Private Facts
163(11)
Intrusion, Trespass, and Civil Rights Violations
174(14)
False Light
188(8)
Commercialization
196(11)
Emotional Distress and Personal Injury
207(10)
CHAPTER 5 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
217(40)
Copyright
218(29)
Unfair Competition
247(10)
CHAPTER 6 CORPORATE SPEECH
257(40)
Referenda and Other Public Issues
259(3)
Elections
262(10)
Lobbying: The Right to Petition
272(2)
Communication between Labor and Management
274(5)
Securities Transactions
279(18)
CHAPTER 7 ADVERTISING
297(50)
First Amendment and Advertising
299(15)
Unfair and Deceptive Advertising
314(12)
Federal Remedies
326(12)
Other Federal Regulations
338(3)
Media's Right to Refuse Advertising
341(1)
Self-Regulation
342(5)
CHAPTER 8 OBSCENITY
347(24)
Defining Obscenity
348(10)
Privacy and Possession
358(2)
Due Process and Prior Restraints
360(4)
Nonobscene Sexual Expression
364(4)
Violent Pornography
368(3)
CHAPTER 9 THE MEDIA AND THE JUDICIARY
371(56)
Defining Jury Bias
373(7)
Remedies for Prejudicial Publicity
380(6)
Controlling Conduct in Court
386(8)
Controlling Prejudicial Publicity
394(24)
Voluntary Cooperation
418(3)
Contempt Power
421(6)
CHAPTER 10 PROTECTION OF NEWS SOURCES, NOTES, AND TAPE
427(34)
Protection under the Common Law
429(1)
Protection under the First Amendment
430(13)
Protection under State Statutes
443(8)
Protection under Federal Statutes and Regulations
451(2)
Congressional Authority
453(1)
Search Warrants
453(3)
Breaching Confidentiality
456(5)
CHAPTER 11 ACCESS TO INFORMATION
461(58)
Access and the Constitution
463(6)
Access to Locations of News Events
469(5)
Access to Records
474(36)
Access to Meetings
510(6)
Obtaining Access: A Final Word
516(3)
CHAPTER 12 REGULATION OF BROADCASTING
519(60)
Framework for Broadcast Content Regulations
521(7)
Federal Communications Commission
528(7)
Regulation of Political Candidate Programming
535(16)
Regulation of Public Issues Programming: The Fairness Doctrine
551(5)
Other Programming Regulation
556(17)
Noncommercial Broadcasting
573(4)
Low-Power Television (LPTV)
577(2)
CHAPTER 13 REGULATION OF CABLE TELEVISION, TELEPHONE, AND NEW ELECTRONIC MEDIA
579(44)
Cable
582(23)
Telephone
605(10)
New Communications Media
615(8)
APPENDIX A: Finding and Reading the Law623(7)
APPENDIX B: The First Fourteen Amendments to the Constitution630(5)
GLOSSARY635(6)
CASE INDEX641(16)
SUBJECT INDEX657

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