Media Law and Ethics

Roy L. Moore is Professor Emeritus of Journalism at the University of Kentucky and retired Professor of Journalism and former Dean of the College of Mass Communication (now College of Media and Entertainment) at Middle Tennessee State University. He holds a Ph.D. in Mass Communication from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a J.D. from the Georgia State University College of Law. Michael D. Murray is UM Board of Curators' Distinguished Teaching Professor on the UM-St. Louis campus. He has taught at Virginia Tech, University of Louisville and was founding director of the Greenspun School of Journalism at UNLV. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Missouri-Columbia and was recently elected the first Governor Emeritus of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for Mid-America. J. Michael Farrell is Professor in the School of Journalism and Media at the University of Kentucky. He earned a Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Kentucky after a nearly 20-year career at The Kentucky Post. He is currently the director of the Scripps Howard First Amendment Center at the University of Kentucky, and also serves on the Freedom of Information and Ethics committees of the Society of Professional Journalists. He was chosen for the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame in 2017. Kyu Ho Youm is Professor and Jonathan Marshall First Amendment Chair at the University of Oregon. His research on freedom of expression has been widely cited by U.S. and foreign courts, including the British House of Lords, the High Court of Australia, the Supreme Court of Canada, and the Supreme Court of the Philippines. His research is used extensively by U.S. and international lawyers representing clients in press freedom litigation and international media. He holds a Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale and graduate law degrees from Oxford University and Yale Law School.

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




6 The Reporter's Privilege






7 Prior Restraint





8 Corporate and Commercial Speech





9 Electronic Media




10 Libel






11 Right of Privacy





12 Press and Public Access to the Judicial Processes, Records, Places, and Meetings





13 Indecency, Obscenity, and Pornography





14 Intellectual Property





15 International and Foreign Law