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A student's guide to mass communication law / Amber Nieto and John F. Schmitt.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nieto, Amber, 1980-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mass media--Law and legislation--United States.
- Mass media.
- Mass media--Law and legislation.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 223 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, MD : Rowman and Littlefield, [2005]
- Summary:
- A unique learning tool for students in journalism and mass communication, A Student's Guide to Mass Communication Law is written for students by a top student. Amber Nieto and her professor John Schmitt-who also brings his experience as a lawyer and a journalist-have created an easy-to-read study guide to be used alongside any main textbook on media law or communication law.
- Contents:
- Sources of the law
- Origin of American free speech and free press
- Censorship or "prior restraint"
- The student press in America
- Injury to reputation : defamation
- The right of privacy
- Intellectual property
- Prejudicial publicity and fair trial issues
- Reporters, shield laws and other protections
- Transparency and freedom of information
- Obscenity and America
- Regulation of electronic media
- Issues affecting media ownership
- The law of advertising.
- ISBN:
- 0742538419
- OCLC:
- 56493605
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