Communication Law - Practical Applications in the Digital Age

This fully revised fourth edition brings a fresh approach to the fundamentals of mass media and communication law in an engaging and accessible way, keeping legal jargon to a minimum and highlighting real-life examples of legal conflicts.

List of contents

1. Sources of Law and Systems of Justice 2. First Amendment in Principle and Practice 3. Sedition and Censorship 4. Forums of Freedom 5. Libel 6. Privacy 7. Intellectual Property 8. Broadcasting and Telecommunications 9. Online Media 10. Obscenity and Indecency 11. Advertising Law 12. Media Business Law 13. Media and Courts 14. Freedom of Access

About the author

Dom Caristi is a professor emeritus of media at Ball State University, USA.
William R. Davie is a professor of communication at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA.
Laurie Thomas Lee is a professor of broadcasting at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA.

Summary

This fully revised fourth edition brings a fresh approach to the fundamentals of mass media and communication law in an engaging and accessible way, keeping legal jargon to a minimum and highlighting real-life examples of legal conflicts.

Product details

• Authors: Dom Caristi, Dom (Ball State University Caristi, Caristi Dom, William R. Davie, Davie William R., Laurie Thomas Lee
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032612997
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3261299-7
• No. of pages: 484
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; History, Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, LAW / Communications, LAW / Media & the Law, Press & journalism, Humanities, United States of America, USA, News media and journalism, Entertainment & media law, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law, Entertainment and media law, IT and Communications law / Postal laws and regulations, IT & Communications law