
Title: | Mass Communication Law in Rhode Island | |
Author: | Linda Lotridge Levin | |
Description: | MASS COMMUNICATION LAW IN RHODE ISLAND brings between two covers a valuable reference to state law affecting communication professionals and students. Written for the layperson, it examines issues that occur in daily news-gathering activities, such as libel, open records, and reporter privilege. Media law is consistently evolving, and Rhode Island law is no exception. With timely updates covering this dynamic field, Mass Communication Law in Rhode Island will earn its place on every media professional's desk.
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About the Author: | Linda Lotridge Levin is an Associate Professor of Journalism at the University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, where her courses include mass media law. She holds a BA in journalism from Michigan State University and an MS in journalism from Boston University. She is a former reporter and editor for The Providence Journal and a freelance writer and columnist whose specialties have included medicine, American history and law. She is the author of To Understand: The history of a 10-year dialogue between New England and Soviet editors, published in 1993 by The Boston Globe. | |
Details: | [1998] ISBN: 1-58107-007-1 (102 pages soft cover, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches) |