The Law of Public Communication, 2005 Edition

by Middleton, Kent R.; Lee, William E.; Chamberlin, Bill F.

• ISBN13: 9780205418930
• ISBN10: 0205418937
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

Focusing on the implications of the law for practitioners, this annually updated text examines legal issues affecting journalism, political speech, and commercial and electronic media. the 2005 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.

Table of Contents

Preface	viii
Public Communication and the Law	1	(23)
The Sources of Law	2	(7)
The Courts	9	(7)
The Litigation Process: Civil and Criminal	16	(4)
Working with the Law	20	(3)
Limitations of Law	23	(1)
The First Amendment	24	(43)
Theory of Freedom of Expression	25	(6)
Regulating Expression	31	(8)
Tests	39	(4)
Scope of the First Amendment: The Hierarchy of Protected Expression	43	(8)
Who Is Protected?	51	(16)
Methods of Control	67	(25)
Prior Restraints and Postpublication Punishment	68	(18)
Content-Neutral Regulations	86	(6)
Libel	92	(88)
Libel Terminology	95	(2)
The Plaintiff	97	(2)
The Plaintiff's Burden of Proof	99	(52)
The Defendant's Case	151	(24)
Preventing Libel Suits	175	(2)
Ideas for Reform	177	(3)
Privacy and Personal Security	180	(56)
Private Facts	182	(10)
Intrusion and Trespass	192	(15)
False Light	207	(7)
Commercialization	214	(11)
Emotional Distress and Personal Injury	225	(11)
Intellectual Property	236	(43)
Copyright	237	(31)
Unfair Competition	268	(11)
Political Speech	279	(38)
Referenda and Other Public Issues	280	(6)
Elections	286	(10)
Regulation of Political Candidate Broadcast Programming	296	(15)
Regulation of Public Issues Programming: The Fairness Doctrine	311	(3)
Lobbying: The Right to Petition	314	(3)
Commercial Speech	317	(71)
First Amendment and Advertising	318	(15)
Unfair and Deceptive Advertising	333	(13)
Federal Remedies	346	(11)
Other Federal Regulations	357	(7)
Media's Right to Refuse Advertising	364	(1)
Self-Regulation	365	(4)
Securities Transactions	369	(19)
Obscenity and Indecency	388	(47)
Obscenity	389	(14)
Indecency	403	(17)
Violent Pornography	420	(5)
Controlling Nonobscene Sexual Expression	425	(10)
The Media and the Judiciary	435	(58)
Defining Jury Bias	437	(7)
Remedies for Prejudicial Publicity	444	(6)
Controlling Conduct in Court	450	(7)
Controlling Prejudicial Publicity	457	(27)
Voluntary Cooperation	484	(3)
Contempt Power	487	(6)
Protection of News Sources, Notes, and Tape	493	(32)
Protection under the Common Law	495	(1)
Protection under the First Amendment	496	(12)
Protection under State Statutes	508	(8)
Protection under Federal Statutes and Regulations	516	(2)
Congressional Authority	518	(1)
Search Warrants	518	(4)
Breaching Confidentiality	522	(3)
Access to Information	525	(49)
Access and the Constitution	526	(6)
Access to Events	532	(4)
Access to Records	536	(30)
Access to Meetings	566	(6)
Obtaining Access: A Final Word	572	(2)
Appendix A: Finding and Reading the Law	574	(7)
Appendix B: The First Fourteen Amendments to the Constitution	581	(4)
Glossary	585	(8)
Case Index	593	(12)
Subject Index	605