Media Law and Ethics

Contents


Preface to the Fifth Edition


About the Authors





　


1 Sources and Types of American Law





2 The U.S. Legal System





3 The Judicial Process





4 The Meaning of the First Amendment





5 Ethical Dilemmas, Issues and Concerns in Mass Communication





6 Reporters’ Privilege





7 Prior Restraint





8 Corporate and Commercial Speech





9 Electronic Mass Media and Telecommunications





10 Libel





11 Right of Privacy





12 Press and Public Access to the Judicial Processes





13 Indecency, Obscenity, and Pornography





14 Intellectual Property





15 International and Foreign Law