Overview

Debuting in its first edition, Communication Law is an engaging and accessible text that brings a fresh approach to the fundamentals of mass media law. Unique in its approach and its visually attractive design, this text differentiates itself from other current texts on the market while presenting students with key principles and landmark cases that establish and define communication law and regulation, providing a hands-on learning experience.

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Author:   Dominic G. Caristi ,  William R. Davie ,  Michael T Cavanaugh
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 18.80cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.600kg
ISBN:  

9780205504169

ISBN 10:   0205504167
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   06 December 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

PREFACE   CHAPTER ONE: SOURCES OF LAW & SYSTEMS OF JUSTICE Learning Objectives      Flag burning and the First Amendment              Sources of Law                          Up Close:  “Party Politics in Early America”                    Statutory Acts             Hierarchy of Law          The Common Law             Actions in Equity             Executive Orders              Up Close:  “Ordering Freedom of Access”                      Administrative Agencies  Systems of Justice           Criminal Procedures                   Pre-trial Phase.                           Trial Phase.                    Post-trial phase  Civil Procedures.                      Pre-trial phase                            Trial Phase                   Post-trial Phase            Up Close:  Elements in a Criminal Cases and Civil Actions         Court System                The Appeals Process                Supreme Courts             Granting Certiorari             Oral Arguments and Opinions Scholarship in Law                   Research procedures             Case Law Sources             Briefing the Case                          Citation.                         Facts                         Issue                         Decision                                  Explanation                              Rule of Law                               Concurrences & Dissents Summary Unsolved Case: Divided Circuits?              CHAPTER TWO: FIRST AMENDMENT IN PRINCIPLE AND PRACTICE Learning Objectives Drawing the Line Up Close:  Free Expression versus Fear The Value of Free Expression             Discovery of Truth             Up Close:  John Milton’s Areopagitica              Democracy             Stability of Society             Self-Fulfillment             So then, Which Value is the Important One? The First Amendment Restricts Government Action             Words ≠ Speech             Speaker Rights versus Listener Rights             Up Close:  Measuring the Climate for Free Expression             Reviewing the First Amendment                         Who is Congress                         The Meaning of No Law                         Abridging Freedom                         Compelling Speech                         Speech and Press                         Right of Assembly                         Right of Petition Summary Unsolved Case: 21st Century Terrorism   CHAPTER THREE: FORUMS OF FREEDOM Learning Objectives The Umbrella of Free Expression The Origin of Forums Student Expression Lessons History Matters  Speaker’s Impact Matters Symbolic Speech Disruption Test Speaker’s Medium Matters Who controls the channel? Who owns the content? Compatible Use of the Form? Workplace Rules an Expression Shopping Malls Freedom of Expression for Employees Disruptions to the Workplace Levels of Scrutiny Intermediate Scrutiny The Open Forum Test Up-Close: “Free Speech Zones” Protesting on Principle Viewpoint Discrimination Pro-Life Protests Up-Close “Nuremberg Files” Inflicting Harms Dangerous Speech Up-Close: “The Heckler’s Veto” Revisiting the “Fighting Words” Doctrine Modern Hate-Crime Controls Flames of Racism Summary Unsolved Case:  Student Web sites — How far can they go?   CHAPTER FOUR: CENSORSHIP AND SEDITION       Learning Objectives       Crackdown on Dissent       Seeds of Sedition The American Experience Up Close: “A Great Noise in the World” Alien & Sedition Acts       Sedition During Times of War       The Espionage & Sedition Cases The Schenck Case Abrams v. United States Up Close:  The American Civil Liberties Union        Bad Tendency or Clear & Present Danger? Gitlow v. New York Up Close:  Doctrine of Incorporation Whitney v. California        The Smith Act Dennis v. United States Yates v. United States Brandenburg v. Ohio        Theories of Prior Restraint Twentieth Century Landmarks Up Close:  “Anti-Semitism in Print” A Taxing Question         Prior Restraint by Injunction Pentagon Papers Case Banning the Bomb Free Speech for Spies? Panic-peddling Flyers Up Close:  Judicial Temperament        Restraint in the Age of Terrorism Hezbollah Television Coffin Coverage        Arguments for Free Expression      Summary      Unsolved Case: Treason   CHAPTER FIVE: LIBEL Learning Objectives Defining Libel Civil Versus Criminal Libel Making a Case for Libel 1. Identification 2. Defamatory Language Up Close: Celebrity Justice 3. Falsity 4. Publication Up Close: Blogging Perils 5. Fault Categorizing Plaintiffs Other Defenses Privilege Fair Comment Up Close: Vaudeville Fair Comment Neutral Reportage Retractions Damages The Process of Libel Summary Unsolved Case: Forum Shopping   CHAPTER SIX: THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY Learning Objectives Cell Phone Privacy or Piracy? Defining the Right to Privacy             Constitutional Privacy             State Laws Vary Original Scholarship on Privacy             Privacy Defined Intrusion             Visual Intrusions             Up Close: Video Voyeurism Public v. Private Property Privacy and the Paparazzi Data Snooping             Up Close: One Nation Under Surveillance Digital Privacy Is Surreptitious Recording an Intrusion?             Up Close: Food Lion Case    Commercial Appropriation             Right to Publicity             Up Close: Is that You in the Video Game? Celebrity Publicity Rights             Celebrity Impersonators Privacy After Death? . Public Disclosure of Private Facts             Defenses to Private Fact Claims             The Florida Star Case Sex and Violence Cases. Up Close Box: HIPAA Rules False Light Invasion of Privacy             Journalistic Embellishments Actual Malice Test Summary Unsolved Case: The Hurt Locker   CHAPTER SEVEN: OBSCENITY AND INDECENCY Learning Objectives Unresolved Questions of Content and Context Colonial Controls Comstockery Early 20th Century Changes Literary Test Case Roth-Memoirs Test Sexual Orientation and Perversion Pandering Erotic Works Variable Obscenity Miller v. California             Privacy and Pornography Community Standards Jenkins v. Georgia Social Values Child Pornography             Congressional Acts Child Pornography Prevention Act        Communications Decency Act Child Online Protection Act Children’s Internet Protection Act PROTECT Act Cinema Censorship The Miracle Case Times Film Corp. Case Freedman Rules Ratings System Legion of Decency Production Code’s Demise Up Close: “What the Ratings Mean” Feminist Mystique Nude Dancing Up Close: The Show Me Less State Broadcast and Cable Indecency Cable Television Fleeting Exposures and Expletives Fox v. FCC Nipplegate Broadcast Indecency Act Dial-a-Porn Law Indecent Violence Video Game Ratings Summary Unsolved Case: “Sexting” Crimes   CHAPTER EIGHT:  MEDIA AND COURTS Learning Objectives The Trial of the Century…At the Time Up Close: The Supreme Court’s Sheppard Decision Pretrial Publicity Protecting Fair Trial Rights Change of Venue Continuance Sequestration             Voir Dire Judicial Admonition Control of Courtroom Contempt of Court Gag Orders Compelling Reporters to Testify The Branzburg Test Up Close: The Grand Jury Process Shield Laws Up Close: Privilege From the Trenches: Federal Shield Law, By Congressman Mike Pence Newsroom Searches Cameras in the Courtroom Must Courtrooms Be Open? Up Close: Closing Criminal Court Summary Unsolved Case: Texting in the Courtroom   CHAPTER NINE: FREEDOM OF ACCESS      Learning Objectives      Access Denied      The Origins of Access      The Constitution and the Common Law      The Freedom of Information Act             Electronic - FOIA             Policy Shifts      FOIA Steps to Access             From the Trenches: Chas. N. Davis Using the FOIA             FOIA Initiatives             FOIA Responses             Accelerating the FOIA             FOIA Assessment of Fees Up Close:  The Price of Sunshine      FOIA Exemptions             Up Close: Pictures of Shame             Removing FOIA Barriers             Up Close: Presidential Records Sunshine in Government Meetings             Up Close: Emails and Text Messages      State Government Access      Laws that Restrict Access             State Driver’s License Records             Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act             Privacy of Health Records      Press Freedoms to Gather Information      Summary      Unsolved Case: “Discount Window”   CHAPTER TEN: BROADCAST REGULATION Learning Objectives Radio’s Regulatory Roots Wireless Ship Act of 1910 Radio Act of 1912 Washington Radio Conferences Trial Balloons             The Federal Radio Commission (1927) Federal Jurisdiction Rationale for Regulation Competing Theories Precedents of Punishment The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)             The Commissioners Rule-Making Process Licensing Stations Licensing Process Licensing Requirements Public Inspection File Infractions Licensing Renewal Deregulation The Telecommunications Act FCC Analysis of Competition Television Ownership Limits Radio Ownership Limits Duopoly Rule Cross-Ownership Rethinking Cross-Ownership Spectrum Auctions Localism & Diversity Up Close: Enhanced Disclosure Forms Minority Ownership Minority Employment Programming Issues Children’s Content Core Programming Defining Children’s Programs             Embedded Advertising Product Placement TV Violence & Children Political Content Fairness Doctrine Fairness Origins Equal Opportunities             Who is a Legally Qualified Candidate?             Reasonable Access             Exemptions                         Newscasts                         News Interviews                         News Documentaries                         Spot News Coverage                         Debates             Fine Points of Equal Opportunities Public Broadcasting Up Close:  Public Television’s Heroine Broadcasting’s Other Obligations Hoaxes and Distortions Up Close: The Holy Grail Station and Sponsor Identification             Summary Unsolved Case: Performance Tax   CHAPTER ELEVEN: TELECOMMUNICATIONS Learning Outcomes A Level Playing Field In the Beginning Defining the Messenger FCC Jurisdiction Early Competitors Natural Monopoly Pendulum of Cable Regulation Copyright Issues Syndicated Exclusivity Must Carry Regulation Turner I & II Retransmission Consent Up Close: “Dallas and its Cable Dilemma” Cable Act of 1984 Cable Consumer Act of 1992 Registration and Requirements Public Access Obligations Midwest Video Cases A la carte channels The 70/70 Rule Satellite Television Regulation Open Sky Policy Direct to Home Satellite Alternative Subscription Services Wireless Cable (MMDS) Digital Delivery Options The Telecommunications Act of 1996 Effective Communication Vertical and Horizontal Integration Telephone Competition Triple or Quadruple Play Voice-Over Internet Protocol IPTV Regulation Summary Unsolved Case: Universal Service   CHAPTER TWELVE:  ADVERTISING LAW      Learning Objectives      Paternalistic Approaches to Regulating Advertising      Roots of Advertising Regulation      The Central Hudson Test      Deceptive Advertising         Likely to Mislead         Reasonable Consumer         Material to Purchasing Decision      Factual Claims      Up Close: Legitimate Evidence      What About Statements of Opinion?           Up Close: The Special Case of Testimonials      Actions      Other Agencies and Advertising      Self Regulation      Summary      Unsolved Case: Is it Advertising or Isn’t It?    CHAPTER THIRTEEN: MEDIA BUSINESS LAW Learning Objectives Contracts Elements of a Contract Releases as a Contract Labor Contracts Hold-Harmless Clauses Media and Antitrust Labor Laws             Child Actors             Equal Employment Opportunities Labor Unions Up Close: Media Labor Organizations Corporate Speech Investing in Media Insider Trading Merger Mania Summary Unsolved Case: Tiger Woods   CHAPTER FOURTEEN: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Learning Objectives A Constitutional Right? Really?             What is Copyright?             Licensing Performance Rights             Up Close: The Unusual Case of Happy Birthday             Up Close: Production Music             Derivative Works             An Exception to Distribution Rights             Copyright-able Works             Copyright Registration             The Duration of a Copyright             Up Close: Works for Hire The Doctrine of Fair Use             Purpose and Character of the Use             Nature of the Copyrighted Work             The Amount and Substantiality of the Use             Effect on the Market             Trying to Do the Right Thing Devices that Facilitate Infringement Trademarks Up Close: Comparing Apples to Apples The Red Light at 3 a.m. Summary Unsolved Case: Fan Fiction

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