The First Amendment and the Fifth Estate, 2007 Supplement

by T. Barton Carter, Marc A. Franklin, Jay B. Wright

This is the 2007 Supplement to Carter, Franklin and Wright's The First Amendment and the Fifith Estate, 6th Edition. It includes several important new cases, including Fox Television Stations v. Federal Communications Commission, Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union v. Gonzalez, United States v. American Library Association, Prometheus Radio Project v. Federal Communications Commission, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd., the FCC Violence Report and the 2007 FCC Cable Franchising Report and Order.

187 pages, Paperback

First published July 16, 2007

About the author

Former Head of the Law Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication as well as of the Law and Policy Division of the Broadcast Education Association, Professor Carter is a practicing attorney specializing in communication law and new communication technologies. He also coordinates the JD/MS in Mass Communication dual degree program and teaches courses in communication law and telecommunication regulation at the Boston University School of Law. He has co-authored three textbooks: The First Amendment and the Fourth Estate, The First Amendment and the Fifth Estate and Mass Communication Law in a Nutshell. He has also written articles and book chapters on libel, media access, free press/fair trial, obscenity, regulation of new communication technologies, the Patriot Act and rights protection for computer software.