Providing practical and theoretical resources on media law and ethics for the United Kingdom and United States of America and referencing other legal jurisdictions such as France, Japan, India, China and Saudi Arabia, Comparative Media Law and Ethics is suitable for upper undergraduate and postgraduate study and for professionals in the media who need to work internationally. The book focuses on the law of the United Kingdom, the source of common law, which has dominated the English speaking world, and on the law of the USA, the most powerful cultural, economic, political and military power in the world. Media law and ethics have evolved differently in the US from the UK. This book investigates why this is the case. Throughout, media law and regulation is evaluated in terms of its social and cultural context.The book has a companion website at http://www.ma-radio.gold.ac.uk/cmle providing complementary resources and updated developments on the topics explored.

This collection of papers from the AMIC Conference in Bangkok, 2004, provides a wealth of case studies as well as breaking new ground in highlighting emerging frontiers of media development discourse in Asia. The three main themes are: media and development; new narratives and political discourse and media impacts and capacity building.

This newly updated directory describes 190 ABA-approved law schools as well as a selection of non-ABA-approved schools. Each profile presents admission requirements, the latest tuition figures and related fees, career placement services offered to graduates, and much more. A multi-page table lists each law school’s median LSAT scores achieved by incoming students and summarizes each school’s admission requirements. A section focusing on general advice for prospective law school students discusses ways to choose the best law school to fit each individual’s needs and advises on how to get through the often-tough school admission process. The typical law school environment is also described with emphasis on its competitive atmosphere.

Explores the role of the media in the Rwandan genocide -- within the country and beyond.