Media Law and Ethics

Media Law and Ethics is a comprehensive overview and a thoughtful introduction to media law principles and cases as well as related ethical concerns relevant to the practice of professional communication. This is the fi rst textbook to explicitly integrate both media law and ethics within one volume. Since it integrates both current law and ethical queries, it is ideal for both undergraduate and graduate courses in media law and ethics. Co-author Kyu Ho Youm expands this edition's international scope, updating and broadening his chapter on international and foreign law. The book also covers the most timely and controversial issues in modern American media. The new fifth edition has been updated with current events and discusses the potential impact they have.

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

7 Prior Restraint

8 Corporate and Commercial Speech

9 Electronic Media

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