Media Law and Ethics

Media Law and Ethics offers a comprehensive textbook for students of mass media law and ethics. Updated and re-titled to reflect the expansion of its topical coverage beyond mass communication, this third edition provides a timely and useful examination of the basic legal and ethical media concepts, paying special attention to key cases, such as recent developments on Internet legislation, precedent-setting U.S. Supreme Court decisions, and related regulatory concerns over the influence of new media and various policy issues involving access to public information. This text provides students with a practical and useful introduction to key media law principles and cases and explores the related ethical concerns and concepts relevant to the practice of professional communication. Authors Roy L. Moore and Michael D. Murray revisit and update the most timely and incendiary issues in modern American media and its relations to society. Designed for undergraduate students in Media Law or Media Law andEthics courses, Media Law and Ethics is also appropriate for graduate students in the beginning media law or First Amendment seminar. It provides essential insights on media law, serving as a practical guide to key cases and related ethical decision-making.

Preface to the Third Edition	p. ix
About the Authors	p. xi
Sources and Types of American Law	p. 1
The U.S. Legal System	p. 19
The Judicial System	p. 51
Ethical Dilemmas, Issues, and Concerns in Mass Communication	p. 105
Prior Restraint	p. 143
Corporate and Commercial Speech	p. 237
Electronic Mass Media and Telecommunications	p. 313
Libel	p. 387
Indecency, Obscenity, and Pornography	p. 461
Right of Privacy	p. 517
Press and Public Access to the Judicial Processes, Records, Places, and Meetings	p. 591
Intellectual Property	p. 641
Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics	p. 733
National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) Code of Ethics	p. 737
American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) Statement of Principles	p. 741
American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA) Standards of Practice	p. 743
Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct	p. 745
The Constitution of the United States	p. 749
Copyright Forms	p. 771
Case Index	p. 777
Subject Index	p. 783
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