Overbeck, Wayne

Major principles of media law / Wayne Overbeck - 2006 edition - 599 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Includes index.

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 amd thw 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.
Right of privacy.