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ISBN10: 1260837424 | ISBN13: 9781260837421

Mass Media Law

By Clay Calvert, Dan V. Kozlowski and Derigan Silver
ISBN10: 1260837424
ISBN13: 9781260837421
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Mass Media Law, 22nd ed., provides college students with a timely, comprehensive, and up-to-date examination of some of the most important principles, doctrines, and cases affecting communications law and the First Amendment freedoms of speech, press, and assembly. The book is packed with current, real-life examples and the latest legal rulings that are relevant for students studying journalism, advertising, public relations, telecommunications, and other facets of the media and communications professions.

Chapter 1: The American Legal System
Chapter 2: The First Amendment: The Meaning of Freedom
Chapter 3: The First Amendment: Contemporary Problems
Chapter 4: Defamation: Establishing a Case
Chapter 5: Defamation: Proof of Fault
Chapter 6: Defamation: Defenses and Damages
Chapter 7 Invasion of Privacy: Appropriation and Intrusion 
Chapter 8: Invasion of Privacy: Publication of Private Information and False Light
Chapter 9: Gathering Information: People, Places, Records, and Recordings
Chapter 10: Protection of News Sources/Contempt Power
Chapter 11: Free Press–Fair Trail: Trail-Level Remedies and Restrictive Orders
Chapter 12: Free Press–Fair Trail: Closed Judicial Proceedings
Chapter 13: Regulation of Obscene and Other Erotic Material
Chapter 14: Copyright and Trademark
Chapter 15: Regulation of Advertising
Chapter 16: Telecommunications Regulation

About the Author

Clay Calvert

Clay Calvert is professor emeritus at the University ofFlorida, where he held a joint appointment as professor of law in the LevinCollege of Law and Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication in theCollege of Journalism and Communications. Since June 2023, Calvert has servedas a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, writingmore than 130 columns about topics at the intersection of free speech, medialaw, and technology.

Dan V. Kozlowski

Dan V. Kozlowski is an associate professor in the Departmentof Communication and the associate dean for faculty affairs in the College ofArts and Sciences at Saint Louis University. He teaches free expression,journalism, and media courses and has published widely on First Amendmentissues.

Derigan Silver

Derigan Silver is a Professor and the Chair in theDepartment of Media, Film and Journalism Studies at the University of Denver.He is also the Faculty Director of Freedom of Expression and PluralismInitiatives in the Office of the Chancellor. He has published in peer reviewjournals and law reviews on defamation, access to government information,national security law and originalism.

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