Advertising and Public Relations Law (Routledge Communication Series)

Those picking up a book filled with examples and discussions of laws regulating speech by advertising and public relations practitioners may be puzzled since the First Amendment clearly mandates freedom of speech or of the press. How can there be laws regulating any speech--let alone advertising or public relations--in the face of the Constitution's emphatic statement?
The first text to respond to the growing interest in law courses for those involved in advertising and public relations, Advertising and Public Relations Law breaks new ground in each respective field. The book shows how many issues and ideas affect the regulation of advertising and public relations speech including:
*the categorization of different kinds of speech afforded different levels of First Amendment protection;
*court-created tests for laws and regulations of speech; and
*non content-based restrictions on speech and expression.
{Advertising and public relations students can no longer afford to escape training in law, as demonstrated by the increasing number of suits against advertisers, corporate communicators, and advertising and public relations agencies for copyright or trademark infringement, appropriation, and unfair and deceptive commercial speech. Clearly, anyone entering either field must be well-versed in the law.}
This text was written to serve the instructional needs of upper-level undergraduate and graduate students. Also designed as a standard reference source for advertising and public relations practitioners, this clear, concise, comprehensive, and well-written and designed law text should prove an invaluable addition to their libraries.

Roy L. Moore is professor of journalism and dean of the College of Mass Communication at Middle Tennessee State University. He holds a Ph.D. in mass communication from the University of Wisconsin and a juris doctorate from the Georgia State University College of Law.

Carmen Maye is a South Carolina-based lawyer and an instructor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of South Carolina, where she teaches courses in media law and advertising. Her undergraduate degree is from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her master’s and juris doctorate degrees are from the University of South Carolina.

Erik L. Collins is the associate director for graduate studies and research in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of South Carolina. He teaches courses in media law, mass communication research methods and integrated communications management. Dr. Collins holds a Ph.D. from the Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University, and a juris doctorate from the Ohio State University School of Law.