The Law of Public Communication

by Kent R. Middleton, Robert Trager, Bill F. Chamberlin

The second edition of The Law of Public Communication reflects changes in the law and, like the first edition, reflects diverse interests of students enrolled in schools and departments of journalism and mass communication. The text treats traditional journalism law comprehensively but also includes the law affecting new technologies, public relations, and advertising. The second edition includes U.S. Supreme Court privacy, and the speech rights of corporations since the first edition was published in 1988. It also includes revised sections on the fairness doctrine, indecency, cable television, and dial-a-porn.

Genres: Nonfiction, Law

624 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

Reviews

[Valleri · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a particularly difficult book to comprehend, but we're talking law so I suppose that's to be expected. My main complaint is that following the progress of each court case became confusing because, as some of the rulings were overturned, it was difficult to understand where the current ruling stood.