The Law of Public Communication describes the law and interprets its impact on the field of communication public relations and advertising as well as print broadcast journalism. Featuring a comprehensive discussion of First Amendment theory and its application, the next covers issues ranging from corporate speech and intellectual property to pornography, defamation and the Fairness Doctrine. The authors describe legal research materials and the substantive and procedural tools used by courts in media cases. They discuss lobbying, labor management relations, Federal Election Commission regulations and the special problems created by new technologies. Putting cases in proper context, the text emphasizes the practical implications of the law and explains the courts philosophical and legal reasoning. Accessible and current, The Law of Public Communication is a timely guide to the law that communicators need to know.