Electronic Media Law / Edition 1

by Roger L. Sadler

Overview

Electronic Media Law is written for mass media students, not for future lawyers, so the text is straightforward and explains "legalese." The author covers First Amendment law, political broadcasting rules, broadcast content regulations, FCC rules for station operations, cable regulation, media ownership rules, media liability lawsuits, intrusive newsgathering methods, media restrictions during wartime, libel, privacy, copyright, advertising law, freedom of information, cameras in the court, and privilege.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412905886
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	03/10/2005
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	472
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr. Roger L. Sadler is a full professor in the Department of Communication-Broadcasting at Western Illinois University in Macomb. He has been at WIU since 1990. Before that, he was an associate instructor at Indiana University and an instructor at the University of Central Oklahoma. He has a BA in Communications/English from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh, an MA in Journalism from the University of Missouri, and Ph D in Mass Communication from Indiana University.

Dr. Sadler has worked in the broadcasting field since 1979 when he got his first on-air job at his hometown radio station in Gouverneur, New York. Since then, he has worked as a DJ, producer, news reporter, news anchor, and faculty adviser at more than a dozen radio and TV stations in New York, Missouri, Oklahoma, Indiana, and Illinois. Presently, he is a weekend DJ on WJEQ-FM in Macomb, Illinois and works during the summer months as a news reporter for WQAD-TV in Moline, Illinois.

Table of Contents

Index
The American Legal System
Understanding the First Amendment
Applying the Principles of Broadcast Regulation
Cable and Satellite Regulation
Media Ownership Rules
Rules for Station Operations
Libel
Privacy
Intrusive News-Gathering Methods
Media Liability Cases
Obscenity
Indecency and Violence in the Media
Copyright - The Basics
Copyright - Fair Use
Advertising Law
Media and the Courts
Privilege
Media Access to Government Sources
Table of Cases
Appendix - FCC Station Inspection Checklist

Editorial Reviews

"Though written primarily for an American audience, this book is likely to be useful to students, practitioners and researchers in other jurisdictions as well. It covers a wide range of issues such as defamation, privacy, obscenity, copyright and contempt of court which are generic to all media as well as matters specific to the electronic media, such as TV regulation, "must-carry" rules, radio traffic jams, etc. "

Journal of the Commongwealth Lawyer's Association - The Commonwealth Lawyer

"Though written primarily for an American audience, this book is likely to be useful to students, practitioners and researchers in other jurisdictions as well. It covers a wide range of issues such as defamation, privacy, obscenity, copyright and contempt of court which are generic to all media as well as matters specific to the electronic media, such as TV regulation, "must-carry" rules, radio traffic jams, etc. "— The Commonwealth Lawyer

Journal of the Commongwealth Lawyer's Association