The Law of Public Communication

The twelfth edition of this classic textbook provides an overview of communication and media law including the most current legal developments. It explains laws affecting the daily work of writers, broadcasters, PR practitioners, photographers, bloggers, and other public communicators.

Auteur

William E. Lee is Professor Emeritus of Journalism at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia.

Daxton R. Stewart is an attorney and Professor of Journalism in the Bob Schieffer College of Communication at Texas Christian University.

Jonathan Peters is an attorney and a media law professor at the University of Georgia, where he is an Associate Professor in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication and an Affiliate Associate Professor in the School of Law.

Contenu

1. Public Communication and the Law

2. The First Amendment

3. Methods of Control

4. Libel

5. Privacy

6. Intellectual Property

7. Political Speech

8. Commercial Speech

9. Obscenity and Indecency

10. The Media and the Judiciary

11. Protection of News Sources, Notes, and Recordings

12. Access to Information