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.
Uniform Title: | Nutshell series.
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Language: | English |
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St. Paul, MN :
West Academic Publishing,
[2014]
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Edition: | Seventh edition. |
Series: | Nutshell series.
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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.