Media Law and Ethics offers a comprehensive textbook for students of mass media law and ethics. Updated and re-titled to reflect the expansion of its topical coverage beyond mass communication, this third edition provides a timely and useful examination of the basic legal and ethical media concepts, paying special attention to key cases, such as recent developments on Internet legislation, precedent-setting U.S. Supreme Court decisions, and related regulatory concerns over the influence of new media and various policy issues involving access to public information. This text provides students with a practical and useful introduction to key media law principles and cases and explores the related ethical concerns and concepts relevant to the practice of professional communication. Authors Roy L. Moore and Michael D. Murray revisit and update the most timely and incendiary issues in modern American media and its relations to society. Designed for undergraduate students in Media Law or Media Law andEthics courses, Media Law and Ethics is also appropriate for graduate students in the beginning media law or First Amendment seminar. It provides essential insights on media law, serving as a practical guide to key cases and related ethical decision-making.