TAILIEUCHUNG - Lecture The dynamics of mass communication: Media in the digital age - Chapter 16

Chapter 16 - Formal controls: laws, rules, regulations. The following will be discussed in this chapter: The press, the law, and the courts; protecting news sources; covering the courts; reporters’ access to information; defamation; invasion of privacy; copyright; obscenity and pornography; regulating broadcasting; regulating cable TV; the telecommunications act of 1996; regulating advertising. | Formal Controls: Laws, Rules, Regulations Chapter 16 © 2009, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. CHAPTER OUTLINE The Press, The Law, and the Courts Protecting News Sources Covering the Courts Reporters’ Access to Information Defamation Invasion of Privacy Copyright Obscenity and Pornography Regulating Broadcasting Regulating Cable TV The Telecommunications Act of 1996 Regulating Advertising THE PRESS, THE LAW, AND THE COURTS Formal controls over the media include laws, court decisions, and governmental regulations A Free Press The First Amendment of the Constitution “Congress shall make no law . . . Abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” It sounds simple, but the meaning has long been debated. Prior Restraint Government attempts at censorship before something is printed or broadcast Prior restraint is rare, but the First Amendment is not absolute The Near Case The Pentagon Papers More Recent Cases PROTECTING NEWS SOURCES Reporters .

• PR - Truyền thông
• Mass communication
• Truyền thông đại chúng
• Media in the digital age
• Mass media
• Regulating broadcasting
• Regulating cable TV
• The digital age
• Dynamics of mass communication
• Perspectives on mass communication
• Functions of mass communication
• Functional analysis
• Communication process
• Mass media industry
• Social effects
• Interpersonal communication
• Digital age
• Mass communication effects
• Conquering space
• Cultural context
• Electronic media
• Sound recording