Mass Communications Law

by Carter, Juliet Lushbough Dee, Martin J. Gaynes

The First Amendment and Mass Communications: The First Amendment in Perspective; Defamation and Mass Communications; Privacy and the Mass Media; Restraint of Obscene Expression; Restraint of the Press for Purpose of National Security; Free Press vs. Fair Trial; 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: The FCC - What It Does and Does Not Do; FCC Control of Broadcast Operations; Cable and New Technologies.

520 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Aimée · Rating 2 out of 5]

To bone up on my mass comm law before taking my Certified Journalism Educator exam. For that reason and that reason only.