Mass Media Law
Eric E. Johnson

Mass Media Law – Spring 2013
Texas Tech University School of Law



Class Documents:

Syllabus [pdf]
Chart of Assignments [html]
Exam Prospectus [pdf]
Tip Sheet on Exam Writing [pdf]

Mass Media Law Compendium:

Front Matter: Cover, Table of Contents, Editors Notes [pdf]
No. 1: Areopagitica [pdf]
No. 2: Schenck v. U.S. [pdf]
No. 3: Abrams v. U.S. [pdf]
No. 4: Richmond Newspapers v. Virginia [pdf]
No. 5: Masses Publishing v. Patten [pdf]
No. 6: Brandenburg v. Ohio [pdf]
No. 7: Near v. Minnesota [pdf]
No. 8: The Pentagon Papers Case [pdf]
No. 9: Minneapolis Star & Tribune v. Minnesota Commissioner of Revenue [pdf]
No. 10: Leathers v. Medlock [pdf]
No. 11: Red Lion v. FCC [pdf]
No. 12: Miami Herald v. Tornillo [pdf]
No. 13: FCC v. Pacifica [pdf]
No. 14: FCC v. Fox Television Stations I [pdf]
No. 15: FCC v. Fox Television Stations II [pdf]
No. 16: Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. Reilly [pdf]
No. 17: Cohen v. Cowles Media [pdf]
No. 18: Branzburg v. Hayes [pdf]
No. 19: Zurcher v. Stanford Daily [pdf]
No. 20: Shulman v. Group W [pdf]
No. 21: Food Lion v. Capital Cities / ABC [pdf]
No. 22: Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart [pdf]
No. 23: New York Times v. Sullivan [pdf]
No. 24: Gertz v. Welch [pdf]
No. 25: Time v. Firestone [pdf]
No. 26: Masson v. New Yorker [pdf]
No. 27: Harper & Row v. Nation Enterprises [pdf]
No. 28: Zeran v. AOL [pdf]

Other Readings:

Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics

Classroom Notes, Presentations, and Exercises:

Exercise – Copyediting: Punctuation [pdf]
Exercise – Copyediting: Style [pdf]
In-Class Overhead Notes – First Amendment Analytical Structure [pdf]
Federal Open Meetings Laws - slideshow [pdf]
Freedom of Information Act - slideshow [pdf]
FCC Regulation: Obscenity, Indecency, Profanity - slideshow [pdf]
FCC Regulation: Selected Topics - slideshow [pdf]
Regulation of Commercial Speech and Advertising - slideshow [pdf]
Reporter's Privilege - slideshow [pdf]
Subpoenas and Newsroom Searches - slideshow [pdf]
Eavesdropping, Wiretapping, and Long-Lens Laws – slideshow [pdf]
Defamation Flowchart [pdf]
Defamation: Who is a Public Figure or Public Official? – slideshow [pdf]
Defamation: Defamatory Meaning – slideshow [pdf]
Defamation: Of and Concerning the Plaintiff – slideshow [pdf]
Defamation: Slander Per Se, Libel Per Quod, Libel Per Se – slideshow [pdf]
Defamation: Falsity – slideshow [pdf]
Defamation: Privileges – slideshow [pdf]
Defamation Problems – slideshow [pdf]
False Light, Disclosure, and Outrage – slideshow [pdf]
Copyright Overview – slideshow [pdf]
Copyright Idea/Expression Distinction – slideshow [pdf]
Copyright Fair Use – slideshow [pdf]
Publicity Rights, Appropriation, Misappropriation – slideshow [pdf]
Procedural Law for Mass Media – slideshow [pdf]
Letter Re: Jennifer Aniston / Invasion of Privacy [pdf]
Letter to CIA: FOIA request for FOIA requests [html]

Links:

Map: Physical Manifestations of the Internet
Case: State v. Turner (2011)
FCC EDOCS Search (including FCC Record)
On Scene: Emergency Response – Intro
On Scene: Emergency Response – in Queens
ABC PrimeTime Live – Food Lion [short clip]
ABC PrimeTime Live – Final Signoff
Garage Door Repair Investigation






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