Mass communication law in a nutshell / by T. Barton Carter, Professor of Communication and Law, Chairman, Department of Mass Communication, Advertising and Public Relations, College of Communication, Boston University; Juliet Lushbough Dee, Associate Professor of Communication, College of Arts and Science, University of Delaware; Harvey L. Zuckman, Emeritus Professor of Law, The Catholic University of America, Founding Director, Institute for Communications Law Studies, Washington, D.C.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Nutshell series.
Main Authors: Carter, T. Barton (Author)
Dee, Juliet Lushbough (Author)
Zuckman, Harvey L. (Author)
Language:English
Published: St. Paul, MN : West Academic Publishing, [2014]
Edition:Seventh edition.
Series:Nutshell series.
Subjects:
Physical Description:xlix, 818 pages ; 19 cm.
Variant Title:
Mass communication law. [Spine title]
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The first amendment in perspective
  • Defamation and mass communication
  • Privacy and the mass media
  • The First Amendment and emotional and physical harm
  • Copyright and trademark
  • Restraint of obscene and indecent expression
  • Restraint of the press for purposes of national security
  • The free press--fair trial conflict
  • Freedom to gather news and information
  • Newspersons' privilege, subpoenas, contempt citations and searches and seizures
  • Regulation of commercial speech
  • Regulation of the electronic mass media
  • Cable and other technologies.