Mass Communication Law and Ethics,9780805825992

Mass Communication Law and Ethics

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9780805825992
ISBN10: 0805825991
Format: Nonspecific Binding
Pub. Date: 1999-01-01
Publisher(s): Lawrence Erlbau
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Summary

A comprehensive overview of mass communication law and ethics, completely updated with 1996 Telecommunications Act and major court rulings. For students of mass communication law, ethics, and policy.

Table of Contents

About the Author xiii
Preface to the Second Edition xv
I: The American Legal System and the Judicial Process 1(96)
Codes of Ethics and Sources and Types of U.S. Law
3(16)
The U.S. Legal System
19(29)
The Judicial Process
48(49)
II: Governmental Restraints 97(502)
Prior Restraint
99(88)
Corporate and Commercial Speech
187(71)
Electronic Mass Media and Telecommunications
258(59)
Libel
317(63)
Right of Privacy
380(65)
Press and Public Access to the Judicial Process, Records, Places, and Meetings
445(40)
Intellectual Property
485(67)
Indecency, Obscenity, and Pornography
552(47)
Appendix A: Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics 599(3)
Appendix B: National Press Photographers Association Code of Ethics 602(2)
Appendix C: American Society of Newspaper Editors Statement of Principles 604(2)
Appendix D: Standards of Practice of the American Association of Advertising Agencies 606(2)
Appendix E: Radio-Television News Directors Association Code of Broadcast News Ethics 608(1)
Appendix F: The Constitution of the United States 609(17)
Appendix G: Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia 626(8)
Appendix H: Copyright Registration Forms 634(13)
Appendix I: Trademark Registration Forms 647(7)
Table of Cases 654(5)
Index 659

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