Chapter 15 - 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. | THE DYNAMICS OF MASS COMMUNCATION Joseph R. Dominick University of Georgia--Athens Regulation of the Mass Media Chapter 15 Formal Controls: Laws, Rules, Regulations The Press, the Law, and the Courts Protecting News Sources Covering the Courts A Reporter’s Access to Information Defamation Invasion of Privacy Copyright Obscenity and Pornography Regulating Broadcasting Regulating Cable TV The Telecommunications Act of 1996 Regulating Advertising Chapter Outline The Press the Law and the Courts Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. – The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States Prior Restraint: the government attempts to censor the press before something is published Two cases Near vs. Minnesota (1920s) The Pentagon Papers (1970s) Secretary McNamara’s study of the Vietnam War . Attorney Mitchell asks for prior restraint Newspapers published portions in turns Supreme Court rules in favor of papers (1971) The Press the Law and the Courts The Reporter’s Privilege Paul Branzburg of the Louisville Courier-Journal (1969) . Supreme Court: 1st Amendment does not prevent questions about a criminal investigation Shield laws protect news-source Reporter Judith Miller served jail time for not revealing source Protecting News Sources Search and seizure an unannounced court-issued warrant to search for and seize a reporter’s notes Stanford Daily (1971) Clash between police and demonstrators Police with search warrant for photos of incident Search ruled legal in 1978 Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press v. AT&T (1974) N. Y. Times and Myron Farber (1976) Protecting News Sources Free Press (1st) vs. Fair Trial (6th) Publicity before and during a trial Jury contamination Case of Dr. Sam Sheppard (1954) Case of Leslie Irvin . | THE DYNAMICS OF MASS COMMUNCATION Joseph R. Dominick University of Georgia--Athens Regulation of the Mass Media Chapter 15 Formal Controls: Laws, Rules, Regulations The Press, the Law, and the Courts Protecting News Sources Covering the Courts A Reporter’s Access to Information Defamation Invasion of Privacy Copyright Obscenity and Pornography Regulating Broadcasting Regulating Cable TV The Telecommunications Act of 1996 Regulating Advertising Chapter Outline The Press the Law and the Courts Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. – The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States Prior Restraint: the government attempts to censor the press before something is published Two cases Near vs. Minnesota (1920s) The Pentagon Papers (1970s) Secretary
