Mass Media Law: 2026 Release ISE

23. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-265-02730-8
Verlag: Open University Press

Buch, Englisch

Mass Media Law provides college students with a timely, comprehensive, and up-to-date examination of some of the most important principles, doctrines, and cases affecting communications law and the First Amendment freedoms of speech, press, and assembly. The book is packed with current, real-life examples and the latest legal rulings that are relevant for students studying journalism, advertising, public relations, telecommunications, and other facets of the media and communications professions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Calvert, Clay

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: The American Legal System2: The First Amendment: The Meaning of Freedom3: The First Amendment: Contemporary Problems4: Defamation: Establishing a Case5: Defamation: Proof of Fault6: Defamation: Defenses and Damages7 Invasion of Privacy: Appropriation and Intrusion8: Invasion of Privacy: Publication of Private Information and False Light9: Gathering Information: People, Places, Records, and Recordings10: Protection of News Sources/Contempt Power11: Free Press-Fair Trail: Trail-Level Remedies and Restrictive Orders12: Free Press-Fair Trail: Closed Judicial Proceedings13: Regulation of Obscene and Other Erotic Material14: Copyright and Trademark15: Regulation of Advertising16: Telecommunications Regulation

Über Autor(innen)

Calvert, Clay
Clay Calvert is professor emeritus at the University of Florida, where he held a joint appointment as professor of law in the Levin College of Law and Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication in the College of Journalism and Communications. Since June 2023, Calvert has served as a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, writing more than 130 columns about topics at the intersection of free speech, media law, and technology.