ch. 1. Introduction to the legal system
ch. 2. Interpreting the First Amendment
ch. 3. The rationale of broadcast regulation
ch. 4. The rationale of cable and satellite (DSS) television regulation
ch. 5. Regulation of electronic media content
ch. 6. Regulation of commercial practices
ch. 7. Media ownership
ch. 8. Intellectual property : copyright, music rights, and trademark
ch. 9. Privacy and the electronic media
ch. 10. Right of publicity
ch. 11. Defamation : libel and the media
ch. 12. Free press : fair trial : a conflict of rights
ch. 13. Issues in information gathering
ch. 14. Communications regulation : new technologies and the internet.