ABSTRACT
The purpose of this book is to investigate the media law and ethics of the United Kingdom and United States of America with some reference to other legal jurisdictions, primarily France, Japan, India, China and Saudi Arabia. The focus on the UK and USA is justified by the fact that the United Kingdom is the source of common law, which has dominated the English-speaking world and the USA is the most powerful cultural, economic, political and military power in the world. US media law and ethics have evolved differently from the UK. This book tries to investigate why this is the case. The book is supported by a companion website at: www.ma-radio.gold.ac.uk/cmle which aims to complement each chapter, and to provide updated information on the topics and multi-media resources to encourage further research and exploration of the subject.
