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The First Amendment and the Fourth Estate: The Law of Mass Media - Hardcover

T. Barton Carter

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9781566625432: The First Amendment and the Fourth Estate: The Law of Mass Media

Synopsis

Detailed examination of the law of mass media, providing principle cases, court opinions, and extensive text and research materials. Includes in-depth chapter discussions of: The American Legal System; Introduction to Freedom of Expression; Defamation; Privacy; Liability for Emotional and Physical Harm; Copyright and Trademark; National Security; Obscenity; Advertising Regulation; Press Coverage of the Administration of Justice; Confidentiality in Newsgathering; Newsgathering from non-Judicial Public Sources; Ownership of the Media and Related Problems; Acces to the Media; Introduction to Broadcasting; Legal Control of Broadcast Programming: Political Speech; Legal Control of Broadcast Programming: Nonpolitical Speech; and Cable and New Technologies.

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About the Author

T. Barton Carter is a Professor of Communication and Law at Boston University. Marc A. Franklin is the Frederick I. Richman Professor of Law, Emeritus, at Stanford University. Jay B. Wright is a Professor at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.

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