The First Amendment and the Fifth Estate: Regulation of Electronic Mass Media

by T. Barton Carter, Marc A. Franklin, Jay B. Wright

This casebook covers the law and regulation of electronic media (the "fifth estate") in the United States in a manner suitable for both law and communications students. The text covers decisions by Congress, the Federal Communications Commission, and the courts. Before detailing regulations, laws, and cases, the book introduces the legal, technological, and economic environment of electronic media regulation. The remainder of the work is divided into separate sections devoted to the law and regulation of electronic media alone and to law and regulation applicable to both print and electronic media. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

1156 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

Former Head of the Law Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication as well as of the Law and Policy Division of the Broadcast Education Association, Professor Carter is a practicing attorney specializing in communication law and new communication technologies. He also coordinates the JD/MS in Mass Communication dual degree program and teaches courses in communication law and telecommunication regulation at the Boston University School of Law. He has co-authored three textbooks: The First Amendment and the Fourth Estate, The First Amendment and the Fifth Estate and Mass Communication Law in a Nutshell. He has also written articles and book chapters on libel, media access, free press/fair trial, obscenity, regulation of new communication technologies, the Patriot Act and rights protection for computer software.

Reviews

[Ke · Rating 4 out of 5]

Being my first casebook, I am not sure if I read it properly. It may be interesting to anyone who wants to know more about media and regulation.