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ELECTRONIC MEDIA LAW AND REGULATION
Electronic Media Law and Regulation
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Fifth Edition

By
Kenneth Creech, PhD, Ph.D. and Fairbanks Professor and Department Head of Telecommunications Arts at Butler University (Indianapolis, IN), and General Manager at WTBU-TV. He has worked in both commercial and public broadcasting as well as in the music industry. His job experiences include broadcast journalism, management, as well as creative and consulting positions.

Description
As Media Law continues to grow as a hot topic those of you studying to be new lawyers in the media must keep on top of the latest laws and their implications. This book will keep you on your toes! It prepares you how to avoid common legal pitfalls and anticipate situations that may have potential legal consequences. Specifically, this fifth edition provides updates regarding recent developments in media law, FCC policies and developing technologies, and reviews all new cases, decisions and legislation affecting the conduct of media professionals and businesses. Electronic Media Law & Regulation is a useful reference for students studying to be professionals working in broadcast media and related industries.

Audience
undergraduate college market, upper-division (third and fourth year) students enrolled in telecommunications and mass communications classes like: Electronic Media Law, Media Law, Telecommunications Regulation, upper-division Mass Communications courses, Communications Law and Legal Issues in Communications. The secondary audience is media professionals such as producers and managers.

Contents
Introduction to the Legal System; Interpreting the First Amendment; The Rationale of Broadcast Regulation; The Rationale of Cable and Satellite (DSS) Television Regulation; The Broadcast Licensing and Cable Franchising Process; Regulation of Electronic Media Content; Regulation of Commercial Practices; Copyright, Music Licensing and Trademark; Privacy and the Electronic Media; Defamation: Libel and the Media; Free Press/Fair Trial Issues and the Electronic Media; Communications Regulation/New Technologies and the Internet; Forms library: Copyright and FCC forms.

Bibliographic details
Paperback, 536 pages, publication date: JAN-2007
ISBN-13: 978-0-240-80841-3
ISBN-10: 0-240-80841-X
Imprint: FOCAL PRESS

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