Major principles of media law
By: Wayne Overbeck, Genelle Belmas
Contributors: Belmas, Genelle Irene
Edition: 2012 ed.
Publisher: Wadsworth Cengage Learning
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Australia; United Kingdom
Language: eng
Number of pages: 636
ISBN-13: 9780495901952
Subjects: Mass media; Periodicals; Law and legislation
Table of contents: title: 1. American legal system; title: 2. Legacy of freedom; title: 3. Modern prior restraints; title: 4. Libel and slander; title: 5. Right of privacy; title: 6. Copyrights and trademarks; title: 7. Fair trial-free press conflicts; title: 8. Newsgatherer's privilege; title: 9. Freedom of information; title: 10. Obscenity and the law; title: 11. Regulation of electronic media; title: 12. Media ownership issues; title: 13. Advertising and the law; title: 14. Freedom of the student press; title: Selected excerpts from the law.