The Law of Public Communication, 2002

by Middleton, Kent R.; Trager, Robert; Chamberlin, Bill F.

• ISBN13: 9780205343232
• ISBN10: 0205343236
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

Focusing on the implications of the law for media practitioners, this annually updated text examines legal issues and decisions affecting traditional journalism and the ever-changing commercial and electronic media. The 2002 Update 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 authors ensure that students will acquire a firm grasp of the legal issues affecting the media.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Public Communication and the Law	1	(21)
The Sources of Law	2	(5)
The Courts	7	(7)
The Litigation Process: Civil and Criminal	14	(4)
Working with the Law	18	(3)
Limitations of Law	21	(1)
The First Amendment	22	(50)
Theory of Freedom of Expression	23	(6)
Regulating Expression	29	(8)
Tests	37	(4)
Scope of the First Amendment: The Hierarchy of Protected Expression	41	(5)
Who Is Protected?	46	(11)
Prior Restraints and Postpublication Punishment	57	(10)
Content-Neutral Regulations	67	(5)
Libel	72	(88)
Libel Terminology	75	(2)
The Plaintiff	77	(2)
The Plaintiff's Burden of Proof	79	(52)
The Defendant's Case	131	(24)
Preventing Libel Suits	155	(2)
Ideas for Reform	157	(3)
Privacy and Personal Security	160	(55)
Private Facts	162	(10)
Intrusion and Trespass	172	(14)
False Light	186	(8)
Commercialization	194	(11)
Emotional Distress and Personal Injury	205	(10)
Intellectual Property	215	(40)
Copyright	216	(29)
Unfair Competition	245	(10)
Corporate Speech	255	(41)
Referenda and Other Public Issues	256	(6)
Elections	262	(10)
Lobbying: The Right to Petition	272	(2)
Communication between Labor and Management	274	(4)
Securities Transactions	278	(18)
Advertising	296	(48)
First Amendment and Advertising	297	(14)
Unfair and Deceptive Advertising	311	(13)
Federal Remedies	324	(11)
Other Federal Regulations	335	(4)
Media's Right to Refuse Advertising	339	(1)
Self-Regulation	340	(4)
Obscenity and Indecency	344	(40)
Obscenity	345	(13)
Violent Pornography	358	(3)
Indecency	361	(16)
Controlling Nonobscene Sexual Expression	377	(7)
The Media and the Judiciary	384	(55)
Defining Jury Bias	386	(6)
Remedies for Prejudicial Publicity	392	(6)
Controlling Conduct in Court	398	(8)
Controlling Prejudicial Publicity	406	(24)
Voluntary Cooperation	430	(3)
Contempt Power	433	(6)
Protection of News Sources, Notes, and Tape	439	(31)
Protection under the Common Law	441	(1)
Protection under the First Amendment	441	(12)
Protection under State Statutes	453	(8)
Protection under Federal Statutes and Regulations	461	(2)
Congressional Authority	463	(1)
Search Warrants	464	(3)
Breaching Confidentiality	467	(3)
Access to Information	470	(48)
Access and the Constitution	471	(6)
Access to Events	477	(4)
Access to Records	481	(28)
Access to Meetings	509	(7)
Obtaining Access: A Final Word	516	(2)
Regulation of Broadcasting	518	(46)
Framework for Broadcast Content Regulations	519	(5)
Federal Communications Commission	524	(1)
Licensing the Broadcast Media	525	(3)
Regulation of Political Candidate Programming	528	(14)
Regulation of Public Issues Programming: The Fairness Doctrine	542	(4)
Other Programming Regulation	546	(11)
Noncommercial Broadcasting	557	(4)
Digital Television (DTV)	561	(1)
Low-Power Television (LPTV)	562	(2)
Regulation of Cable, Internet, Telephone, and Other Electronic Media	564	(24)
Cable	567	(11)
Internet	578	(1)
Telephone	579	(4)
Other Electronic Communications Media	583	(5)
Appendix A: Finding and Reading the Law	588	(7)
Appendix B: The First Fourteen Amendments to the Constitution	595	(4)
Glossary	599	(8)
Case Index	607	(10)
Subject Index	617