Mass Communication Law and Ethics

by Moore; Roy L.

• ISBN13: 9780805825992
• ISBN10: 0805825991
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

A comprehensive overview of mass communication law and ethics, completely updated with 1996 Telecommunications Act and major court rulings. For students of mass communication law, ethics, and policy.

Table of Contents

About the Author	xiii
Preface to the Second Edition	xv
I: The American Legal System and the Judicial Process	1	(96)
Codes of Ethics and Sources and Types of U.S. Law	3	(16)
The U.S. Legal System	19	(29)
The Judicial Process	48	(49)
II: Governmental Restraints	97	(502)
Prior Restraint	99	(88)
Corporate and Commercial Speech	187	(71)
Electronic Mass Media and Telecommunications	258	(59)
Libel	317	(63)
Right of Privacy	380	(65)
Press and Public Access to the Judicial Process, Records, Places, and Meetings	445	(40)
Intellectual Property	485	(67)
Indecency, Obscenity, and Pornography	552	(47)
Appendix A: Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics	599	(3)
Appendix B: National Press Photographers Association Code of Ethics	602	(2)
Appendix C: American Society of Newspaper Editors Statement of Principles	604	(2)
Appendix D: Standards of Practice of the American Association of Advertising Agencies	606	(2)
Appendix E: Radio-Television News Directors Association Code of Broadcast News Ethics	608	(1)
Appendix F: The Constitution of the United States	609	(17)
Appendix G: Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia	626	(8)
Appendix H: Copyright Registration Forms	634	(13)
Appendix I: Trademark Registration Forms	647	(7)
Table of Cases	654	(5)
Index	659