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9781600422287: Mass Media Law - A Survey of Content and Culture
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This book surveys the law of mass communications with references to print, radio, television, internet, and other technologies of distribution. Written in a style that is accessible to law students and non-law students, this text focuses on regulation of speech content under the First Amendment, including laws relating to defamation, invasion of privacy, the right of publicity, indecency and obscenity, advertising, newsgathering, media violence, and media diversity. Michael M. Epstein is a Professor of Law at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles. A founding faculty member of the Donald E. Biederman Entertainment and Media Law Institute at Southwestern, Professor Epstein is an interdisciplinary scholar specializing in media, telecommunications, international law, and popular culture. Since 2009, Professor Epstein has been the principal editor of the Journal of International Media and Entertainment Law, a faculty-edited law review published jointly by the American Bar Association and Southwestern Law School. He also directs the Amicus Project at Southwestern, a pro bono outreach program which invites law students to prepare "friend of the court" briefs before the U.S. Supreme Court and in other jurisdictions. Professor Epstein received his undergraduate and law degrees from Columbia University, and returned to academia to earn his M.A. and Ph.D. in American Culture at the University of Michigan.

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Michael M. Epstein is a Professor of Law at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles. A founding faculty member of the Donald E. Biederman Entertainment and Media Law Institute at Southwestern, Professor Epstein is an interdisciplinary scholar specializing in media, telecommunications, international law, and popular culture. Since 2009, Professor Epstein has been the principal editor of the Journal of International Media & Entertainment Law, a faculty-edited law review published by the Biederman Institute in cooperation with the American Bar Association's Forum on Communications Law and Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries. He also directs the Amicus Project at Southwestern, a pro bono outreach program that invites law students to prepare amicus curiae (friend of the court) briefs before the US Supreme Court and in other jurisdictions. Professor Epstein received his undergraduate and law degrees from Columbia University and earned an MA and PhD in American Culture from the University of Michigan.

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  • PublisherVandeplas Publishing
  • Publication date2014
  • ISBN 10 1600422284
  • ISBN 13 9781600422287
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages740

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