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The First Amendment and the Fourth Estate, The Law of Mass Media

The First Amendment and the Fourth Estate, The Law of Mass MediaAuthors: T. Barton Carter, Marc A. Franklin, Jay B. Wright
Publisher: Foundation Press
Category: Book

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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 10
Pages: 1312
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5
Dimensions (in): 10.4 x 8.1 x 2.2

ISBN: 1599414023
Dewey Decimal Number: 343
EAN: 9781599414027
ASIN: 1599414023

Publication Date: July 14, 2008
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Product Description
This law school casebook provides a detailed examination of the law of mass media, providing principle cases, court opinions, text, and research materials. Topics include discussions of the American legal system, introduction to freedom of expression, defamation, privacy, liability for emotional and physical harm, copyright and trademark, national security, obscenity, advertising regulation, press coverage of the administration of justice, confidentiality in newsgathering, newsgathering from non-judicial public sources, ownership of the media and related problems, access to the media, introduction to broadcasting, legal control of broadcast programming: political speech, legal control of broadcast programming, nonpolitical speech, and cable and new technologies.


Customer Reviews:
4 out of 5 stars Fourth Estate Discussion at its Best   July 11, 2001
Layne Russell (Pennsylvania)
Although I have recently switched to another textbook for my Media Law class, I greatly enjoyed using as a class text Carter's First Amendment and the Fourth Estate. The text lent itself to excellent discussions in class and readily provided excellent case studies and reading material for the students. (Currently I use two texts for such diversity). My only concern is that, at an undergraduate level, the book is unclear on direction for the student not versed in legal and analytical thinking, and like all comphrehensive and advanced texts, a bit too overwhelming academically for freshmen and sophomores. I would highly recommend the text, however, for graduate studies in media law.


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