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Electronic media law / Roger L. Sadler
- Author
- Sadler, Roger L.
- Published
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, [2005]
- Copyright Date
- ©2005
- Physical Description
- xix, 447 pages ; 26 cm
- Contents
- 1. The American legal system -- The courts -- Legal research online -- 2. Understanding the First Amendment -- Roots of American law -- Sedition in the United States -- States and the First Amendment -- Fighting words -- Hate speech -- Flag Desecration -- Prior restraint -- Time, place, and manner restrictions -- 3. Applying the principles of broadcast regulation -- The Federal Communications Commission -- The Communications Act of 1934 -- Political broadcasting rules -- Section 315 analyzed -- Section 315 and news exemptions -- BCRA (FECA) -- Section 315 violations -- Section 315 and ballot issues -- Section 315 and newspapers -- Reasonable access : Section 312(a)(7) -- Political editorial and personal attack rules -- Fairness doctrine -- 4. Cable and satellite regulation -- Early cable regulation -- Cable and "public interest" -- Access channel rules -- Privacy -- Cable TV and copyright law -- "Must-carry" rules -- The Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 -- Syndicated exclusivity ("Syndex") -- Network nonduplication rules -- Cable descramblers -- Public inspection files -- Satellite radio and TV -- High Definition television (HDTV) -- Digital radio -- 5. Media ownership rules -- History of broadcast ownership rules -- Cross-ownership rules -- The Telecommunications Act of 1996 -- TV duopoly rules updated -- The new 2003 TV and cross-media rules -- 2003 ownership changes harshly criticized -- National cable ownership rules -- Antitrust laws and media mergers -- Low-power FM stations -- Low-power television (LPTV) -- Local marketing agreements (LMA) --, 6. Broadcast station regulations -- Broadcast identifications -- Important station paperwork -- Power readings -- Main studio rules -- The Emergency Alert System -- Chief operators and logs -- Public inspection file -- The station copy of FCC rules and regulations -- Telephone rules -- The "live" rule -- Broadcast hoaxes -- Broadcast content -- Payola and plugola -- Other legal issues -- Non-FCC legal issues -- 7. Libel -- Libel and slander -- Defining truth -- Public figures and private citizens -- Reckless disregard for the truth -- Defining Privilege -- Fair comment and criticism -- Intentional infliction of emotional distress -- Taking liberties with quotations -- Libel and statutes of limitations -- Libel and large groups -- Some good tips to keep you away from libel cases -- 8. Privacy -- History of privacy law -- Privacy law torts -- Intrusion and the media -- Public figures and privacy rights -- Sexual assault victims -- Publishing the names of juveniles -- Disclosure of embarrassing private facts -- False light -- Misappropriation -- General tips about privacy -- 9. Intrusive news-gathering methods : hidden cameras, media ride-alongs, ambush interviews -- Mixed rulings on hidden cameras and microphones -- Media ride-alongs -- Ambushing -- 10. Media liability lawsuits -- Common criteria in copycat cases -- Stimulus versus encouragement -- Tabloid talk shows -- MTV pushes the envelope -- Movies -- Music and suicide -- The Internet -- 11. Obscenity -- Obscenity laws : a brief history -- The landmark Miller decision -- Time, place, and manner restrictions and pornography -- Obscenity and disclaimers -- The Meese Commission -- Children and obscenity -- Child pornography -- Obscenity and popular music -- The Internet : a new battleground in obscenity law --, and 12. Indecency and violence -- A history of broadcast indecency regulation -- New crackdown on indecency -- Indecency and other electronic media -- Cable access channels -- Indecent phone services -- Indecency and the Internet -- Violence -- Broadcast TV and children's programming rules -- Music warning labels -- 13. Copyright : the basics -- The six basic rights of copyright holders -- First sale doctrine -- Works for hire -- Obtaining a copyright -- Duration of copyright -- Public domain -- Music licensing -- The three basic rights -- Fairness in Music Licensing Act -- Music plagiarism -- 14. Copyright : fair use -- Fair use and the VCR -- Fair use and sampling -- Fair use and broadcast news -- Copyright and sports scores -- Parodies -- Satire -- Copyright and the Internet -- Radio station webcasting -- BBS sites -- Trademarks -- 15. Advertising law -- Early advertising law -- The landmark Central Hudson case -- False advertising -- Regulating ads for harmful products -- Underwriting rules -- Regulating telemarketing -- Regulating "spam" e-mail -- 16. Media and the courts -- Cameras in the courtroom -- TV news and videotaped confessions -- The famous Sam Sheppard murder trial -- Right of access to trials -- Gag orders -- Opening pretrial proceedings -- Civil trials and cameras -- 17. News sources -- Confidential sources -- Civil contempt -- Important post-Branzburg cases -- Defining Journalist -- Journalists as eyewitnesses to crime -- Newsroom searches -- Promises of confidentiality, keep your promises! -- Indirect contempt -- 18. Media access to government sources -- Access to government records and documents -- The Electronic Freedom of Information Act of 1996 -- Access to government meetings -- Media credentials -- State FOI laws and sunshine laws -- Sunshine laws and sensitive information -- Prisons -- Access to rap sheets -- Important federal privacy statutes -- Access to government or public property -- Public access to executions -- Access to military information -- Table of cases and FCC rulings -- Appendix : the FCC inspection.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 1412905885 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Source of Acquisition
- UP-PAT copy: Purchased with funds from the Jeffrey C. and Patricia Rienzi West Libraries Program Endowment for Libraries Information Technology Instruction; 20056.
- Endowment Note
- Kerry and Janice (Harms) Kissinger Libraries Excellence Endowment
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