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The Law of Public Communication, 2007 Update Edition
enlarge	Authors: Kent R. Middleton, William E. Lee Publisher: Allyn & Bacon Category: Book List Price: ~~$118.00~~ Buy Used: $4.91 as of 8/1/2010 00:07 CDT details You Save: $113.09 (96%) New (15) Used (64) from $4.91 Seller: abookheaven Rating: 1 reviews Sales Rank: 772726 Media: Paperback Edition: Update ed Pages: 624 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9 Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.9 x 1 ISBN: 0205484689 Dewey Decimal Number: 343.730998 EAN: 9780205484683 ASIN: 0205484689 Publication Date: July 28, 2006 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Product Description Focusing on the implications of the law for practitioners, this annually updated book, The Law of Public Communication, examines legal issues affecting journalism, political and commercial speech, and electronic media. The Seventh Edition of this top-selling media law book includes the most current information 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 people studying law for the first time, the authors ensure that the reader will acquire a firm grasp of the legal issues affecting the media.

Customer Reviews: Communications Law for Lay People November 3, 2006 John Matlock (Winnemucca, NV) 2 out of 2 found this review helpful This book covers the law of public communications in a manner suitable for use by proplr involved in the public communications business. Thus it explains the law in terms that can generally be understood by writers, broadcasters, advertisers, cable operators, public relations workers, photographers, etc. It is not the book that a lawyer would need as he preparts to go before the Supreme Court. This new 2007 edition covers a wealth of things that have happened since the last edition. Among them are the ever increasing restrictions on broadcasting that the congress and justice department has attempted to implement such as the Communications Decenct Act which was held unconstitutional. And big changes have come into practice because of the growth of the internet with its worldwide reach. Basically the Supreme Court found that the Internet should have the same level of First Amendment protection as other media. The majority of law in the United States is developed as a result of court cases. As such, this book presents hundreds of cases, but does so in a manner that is understandable to we non-lawyer types. Furthermore, the cases are arranged to be supplementary to the general discussion of the aspects of the law to which the cases apply. This is 'the book' for anyone interested in the law as it regards to public communications.