Law of mass communications: Freedom and control of print and broadcast media

by Dwight L. Teeter Jr.

The Twelfth Edition examines the legal implications of changes in media systems and services wherever they occur. It both traces communications law issues to their sources and considers their future directions. The text reviews the historical and constitutional foundations of free expression, and the implications of mass communications law for the citizen. It explores the governmental regulation of broadcasting, new media, advertising and copyright. It discusses citizens' rights with regard to fact-gathering. And it surveys the ongoing consolidation and globalization of the mass media and the means by which communications are distributed.

Genres: Reference

833 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Dwight L. Teeter Jr. is a professor of journalism and electronic media at the University of Tennessee. He joined the University of Tennessee faculty as Dean of the College of Communications in 1991 and served in that role until 2002. Teeter previously taught at six universities, including Iowa State, Wisconsin, Washington, Kentucky, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and Texas, where he was the first holder of the William P. Hobby Centennial Professorship from 1984-1987. He has written several books, including Law of Mass Communications (with Bill Loving of East Carolina and previously Professor Harold L. Nelson of Wisconsin, and Professor Don. R. Le Duc, Wisconsin-Milwaukee), which is now in its 13th edition. Professor Teeter has won several awards during his career, including the Society of Professional Journalists Distinguished Teacher Award, the University of Tennessee College of Communications Distinguished Research Award, and a Distinguished Service Award from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, an organization for which he served as president from 1985-1986.

Reviews

[Evan]

I spent many hours with the fourth edition of this book back in my 80's college days. A pretty good summing up of the issues facing journalists, legal precedents on libel and so forth. Always a moving target, this field, so I'm sure some stuff has changed since that bygone edition. Undoubtedly the essential landmark rulings are still here.