Mass Communication: Living in a Media World
Seventh Edition
Study Questions
- What three elements must be present for libel to occur?
- What are the four major defenses against libel?
- What are the four major forms of invasion of privacy?
- What are shield laws? List recent cases involving shield laws.
- How has libel on social media been handled? Explain.
- How do the free speech rights of high school students differ from those of adults, according to the decisions of Hazelwood and Fredrick v. Morse?
- Explain the concept of net neutrality, and how the absence of rules requiring neutrality might have an impact on users.
- What effect has the Citizens United ruling had on political speech? Explain.