Media Law Books

New and Published Books

1. Media Law and Ethics

   4th Edition

   By Roy L. Moore, Michael D. Murray

   Series: Routledge Communication Series

   This is the first textbook to explicitly integrate both media law and ethics within one volume. A truly comprehensive overview, it is a thoughtful introduction to media law principles and cases and the related ethical concerns relevant to the practice of professional communication. With special...

   Published December 13th 2011 by Routledge
2. Justice and the Media

   Reconciling Fair Trials and A Free Press

   By Matthew D. Bunker

   Series: Routledge Communication Series

   USE THIS FIRST PARAGRAPH ONLY FOR GENERAL CATALOGS... The First Amendment right of free speech is a fragile one. Its fragility is found no less in legal opinions than in other, less specialized forms of public discourse. Both its fragility and its sometimes surprising resiliency are reflected in...

   Published December 11th 2011 by Routledge
3. Media Firms

   Structures, Operations, and Performance

   Edited by Robert G. Picard

   Media Firms presents studies applying the company level approach to media and communication firms. It explores differences among missions, strategies, organizational choices, and other business decisions. Reviewing economic factors and pressures on media and communications companies, this book...

   Published December 11th 2011 by Routledge
4. Publishing Law

   4th Edition

   By Hugh Jones, Christopher Benson

   Publishing Law is a comprehensive guide to the law as it affects the publishing process. Written by the Copyright Counsel of the Publishers Association and a practising solicitor with many years experience of the publishing trade, this work will serve as a comprehensive handbook for all those who...

   Published March 31st 2011 by Routledge
5. Advertising and Public Relations Law

   2nd Edition

   By Roy L. Moore, Carmen Maye, Erik L. Collins

   Series: Routledge Communication Series

   Addressing a critical need, Advertising and Public Relations Law explores the issues and ideas that affect the regulation of advertising and public relations speech. Coverage includes the categorization of different kinds of speech afforded varying levels of First Amendment protection;...

   Published September 22nd 2010 by Routledge
6. Comparative Media Law and Ethics

   By Tim Crook

   Providing practical and theoretical resources on media law and ethics for the United Kingdom and United States of America and referencing other legal jurisdictions such as France, Japan, India, China and Saudi Arabia, Comparative Media Law and Ethics is suitable for upper undergraduate and...

   Published December 9th 2009 by Routledge
7. Media Law and Ethics

   A Casebook, 2nd Edition

   By Roy L. Moore

   This new edition of the casebook includes extensive excerpts from 25 major decisions by the Supreme Court of the United States in media law or related to media law. The cases are presented in the order in which they are discussed in the third edition of <I>Media Law and Ethics<$>...

   Published June 19th 2008 by Routledge
8. Broadcast and Internet Indecency

   Defining Free Speech

   By Jeremy Lipschultz

   Series: Routledge Communication Series

   Indecency--arguably among the most provocative and incendiary issues in today's media--is speech at the edge of social tolerance. This timely volume examines broadcast and Internet indecency from legal and social perspectives, utilizing current cases and well-publicized examples. In exploring the...

   Published December 6th 2007 by Routledge
9. Television and Public Policy

   Change and Continuity in an Era of Global Liberalization

   Edited by David Ward, David Ward

   The significant changes that have swept the television industry over the last two decades, most notably a shift to deregulation in broadcast media, prompt a discussion on how to ensure that meaningful content is available to the viewer. Television and Public Policy analyzes the current state of...

   Published August 21st 2007 by Routledge
10. Media Diversity and Localism

    Meaning and Metrics

    Edited by Philip M. Napoli

    Series: Routledge Communication Series

    Questions concerning the quality of media performance and the effectiveness of media policymaking often revolve around the extent to which the media system fulfills the values inherent in diversity and localism principles. This edited volume addresses challenges and issues relating to diversity in...

    Published October 4th 2006 by Routledge