The Law of Public Communication (2001 Update Edition)
Middleton, Kent R.; Trager, Robert; Chamberlin, Bill F.
Language: English
Published by Taylor & Francis, 2000
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- Title
- The Law of Public Communication (2001 Update Edition)
- Author
- Middleton, Kent R.; Trager, Robert; Chamberlin, Bill F.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Publication year
- 2000
- Condition
- good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0321087577
- ISBN 13
- 9780321087577
The Law of Public Communication provides an overview of media law that includes the most current legal developments today. It explains the laws affecting the daily work of writers, broadcasters, advertisers, cable operators, Internet service providers, public relations practitioners, photographers, bloggers, and other public communicators. Authors Kent Middleton and William Lee take students through the basic legal principles and methods of analysis that allows students to study and keep abreast of the rapidly changing field of public communication. By presenting statutes and cases in a cohesive manner that is understandable, even to students studying law for the first time, the authors ensure that students will acquire a firm grasp of the legal issues affecting the media.
This 2016 Update brings the Ninth Edition up to date with the most recent cases and examples effecting media professionals and public communicators. New topics include Supreme Court decisions on internet harassment and the streaming company Aereo, the FCCs efforts to reclassify broadband providers as telecommunication services, court cases dealing publicity rights for celebrity athletes in video games, and the recent presidential executive order regarding new government information sources.
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The Sixth Edition of this top-selling media law text includes the most current information available, explaining the law as it applies to the daily work of writers, broadcasters, advertisers, cable operators, Internet service providers, public relations practitioners, photographers, and other public communicators. By presenting statutes and cases in a cohesive manner that is understandable even to students studying law for the first time, The Law of Public Communication ensures that students will acquire a firm grasp of the legal issues affecting the media.
New to this Edition:
- Covers recent cases, including: the challenge to restrictions in the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 on soft money and broadcast issue advertisements, and the copyright case (Eldred v. Ashcroft), challenging the constitutionality of extending the term of copyright by 20 years.
- Adds a new section on “threats,” which includes discussion of "true threats" to abortion doctors on web sites.
- Discusses restrictions on press coverage of military operations during Operation Enduring Freedom.
- Examines Bush Administration changes to freedom of information policies.
- Previews the Supreme Court case determining the constitutionality of federal regulations requiring libraries to install software to filter indecency.
- Integrates material on the law and regulation of electronic content into several chapters, instead of covering it in a separate chapter, so students can readily compare print and electronic media.
- Offers a way to receive updated material on decisions handed down after the text's publication the Companion Website at www.ablongman.com/middleton6e will be updated periodically to ensure that both students and instructors have information about and the authors' analysis of key rulings.
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