Electronic Media Law and Regulation

摘要

This is the sixth edition of Electronic Media Law. The last two editions were published in 1993 and 2007. This is a classic textbook that introduces students to the concepts and legal doctrines important for an aspiring professional to understand. The intended audience, according to the author, is undergraduates in media studies, journalism, communication, and related disciplines. The book's fourteen chapters range from an introduction to the legal system to a chapter on communication regulations and the Internet. Other chapters include libel, privacy, commercial speech regulation, and similar topics expected in an electronic media law textbook. Appropriately, the last chapter on new technologies addresses the Telecommunications Act of 1996, issues of jurisdiction for international libel, and ISP immunity from section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA). The author, Kenneth Creech, drew impressively from his professional experience in the television industry in the chapters on television and radio.