Description
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.
Key features include:
- "In the News" sections that tie the legal principles to real-world events or situations
- An integrated fictional case study of a media enterprise
- Insights into digital media policy
This accessible textbook is the ideal companion for advanced undergraduate and graduate students as well as practitioners interested in law, journalism, and media studies.
Author: Christopher S. Reed
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 10/18/2022
Pages: 274
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 9.69h x 6.85w x 0.61d
ISBN13: 9781032052304
ISBN10: 1032052309
BISAC Categories:
- Law | Media & the Law
- Law | Corporate
- Law | Business & Financial
About the Author
Christopher S. Reed is a lawyer in the entertainment industry focusing on intellectual property, First Amendment, antitrust, and general commercial litigation. He previously served as the head of global content protection at 21st Century Fox, the senior policy advisor to the U.S. Register of Copyrights, and a trial attorney for the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. He began his legal career as a law clerk to the Honorable Steven J. McAuliffe of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire. He holds a BS in economics from Lehigh University, and JD and LLM degrees from the Franklin Pierce School of Law at the University of New Hampshire, where he now serves as a professor of practice. His website is www.chrisreed.com.
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