Media law and ethics / Roy L. Moore, Michael D. Murray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moore, Roy L.

Contributor:

Murray, Michael D.

Moore, Roy L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Law and legislation--United States--Cases.

Mass media.

Mass media--Law and legislation.

Mass media--Moral and ethical aspects.

United States.

Mass media--Moral and ethical aspects--Case studies.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

x, 803 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Lawrence Erlbaum Associatese, [2008]

Summary:

Media Law and Ethics offers a comprehensive overview 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, including: Access and exposure of youngsters to traditional over-the-air material and information available through the Internet. The complex issues related to the start and implementation of the Patriot Act with respect to First Amendment issues. Emerging media markets-particularly China and India, with a discussion of the changing media law environment as it applies specifically to such areas as libel, pirating and copyright, as a by-product of the expanded distribution of American mass media products via the Net, DVDs and the new hand-held devices.

This edition includes updated legal cases and emerging issues related to news technology, new delivery systems and greater opportunities to share information via the Internet-with a separate chapter paying special attention to ethical issues in mass media. Designed for undergraduate students in Media Law or Media Law and Ethics courses, Media Law and Ethics is also appropriate for graduate students in a 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.

Contents:

Sources and types of American law

The U.S. legal system

The judicial system

Ethical dilemmas, issues, and concerns in mass communication

Prior restraint

Corporate and commercial speech

Electronic mass media and telecommunications

Libel

Indecency, obscenity, and pornography

Right of privacy

Press and public access to the judicial prosses, records, places, and meetings

Intellectual property.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Mass communication law and ethics. 1999.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Related Work:

Moore, Roy L. Mass communication law and ethics.

ISBN:

9780805850673

0805850678

9781410618313

1410618315

OCLC:

126802780