Digital Media Law A Practical Guide For The Media And Entertainment Industries

Digital Media Law offers a practical guide to the law of media and communication focusing on digital channels models and technologies. It draws together the aspects of media law that are most critical for those engaged in the production and distribution of digital media from traditional broadcasters and internet-based services to major internet platforms. As an expert scholar and educator in media law Christopher S. Reed brings considerable experience as an in-house lawyer for a U.S.-based media company with extensive news sports and entertainment operations. This blend of practical and scholarly insight delivers a textbook which packs foundational principles and concepts into the context of the digital environment focusing on how those doctrines are applied in the face of rapidly evolving newsgathering production and distribution technologies. Now in its second edition the book has been fully updated and includes a new chapter on artificial intelligence. It ties legal principles to real-world events or situations providing insights into digital media policy and an integrated fictional case study of a media enterprise. This accessible textbook is the ideal companion for advanced undergraduate and graduate students as well as practitioners interested in law journalism and media studies. |Digital Media Law A Practical Guide for the Media and Entertainment Industries