Overbeck, Wayne

Major principles of media law / Wayne Overbeck - 2007 edition - 587 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cm

Preface -- Table of cases -- American legal system -- Legacy of freedom -- Modern prior restraints -- Libel and slander -- Right of privacy -- Copyrights and trademarks -- Fair trial-free press conflicts -- Newsgatherer's privilege -- Freedom of information -- Obscenity and the law -- Regulation of electronic media -- Media ownership issues -- Advertising and the law -- Freedom of the student press -- Selected excerpts from the law

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Mass media--Law and legislation--United States
Intellectual freedom--United States

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