ABSTRACT

Communication and Law brings together scholars from law and communication to talk both generally and specifically about the theoretical and methodological approaches one can use to study the First Amendment and general communication law issues. The volume is intended to help graduate students and scholars at all skill levels think about new approaches to questions about communication law by offering a survey of the multidisciplinary work that is now available. It is designed to challenge the conventional notion that traditional legal research and social science methodological approaches are mutually exclusive enterprises.

This book has been developed for researchers working in mass communication and law and will be appropriate for graduate students and scholars. It will also appeal to those in psychology, political science, and other areas who are interested in exploring questions of law in their research.

part |2 pages

Part I THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES AND APPROACHES

chapter 1|6 pages

Charting the Future of Interdisciplinary Scholarship in Communication and Law

ByJeremy Cohen, Timothy Gleason

chapter 3|16 pages

Social Science Research in Judges’ First Amendment Decisions

ByAnthony L. Fargo

chapter |4 pages

Introductory Comments to Chapter 4

ByDavid Pritchard

chapter 4|18 pages

A New Paradigm for Legal Research

ByDavid Pritchard

chapter 6|22 pages

Pornographic Knowledge, the Law, and Social Science

ByRobert Jensen

chapter |22 pages

Introductory Comments to Chapter 8

BySandra Braman

chapter 8|18 pages

Information and Socioeconomic Class in U.S. Constitutional Law

BySandra Braman

part |2 pages

Part II MULTIDISCIPLINARY METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES

chapter |2 pages

Introductory Comments to Chapter 9

ByBill F. Chamberlin

chapter 9|18 pages

Merging Legal Research and the Practices of Social Science: Comparing State Access Laws

ByBill F. Chamberlin, Cristina Popescu, Michael F. Weigold

chapter |4 pages

Introductory Comments to Chapter 10

ByRobert M. Entman

chapter 10|24 pages

Blacks in the News: Television, Modern Racism, and Cultural Change

Byand Cultural Change Robert M. Entman

chapter |4 pages

Introductory Comments to Chapter 11

ByGlenn Leshner

chapter 11|20 pages

The Effects of Dehumanizing Depictions of Race in TV News Stories

ByGlenn Leshner

chapter |4 pages

Introductory Comments to Chapter 12

ByRobert Drechsel, Tom Grimes

chapter 12|16 pages

Word-Picture Juxtaposition, Schemata, and Defamation in Television News

ByTom Grimes, Robert Drechsel

chapter |2 pages

Introductory Comments to Chapter 13

ByBrooke Barnett

chapter |6 pages

Introductory Comments to Chapter 14

ByAmy Reynolds

chapter |4 pages

Introductory Comments to Chapter 15

ByConstance Ledoux Book

chapter 15|16 pages

The People and the Cable Guy: Federally Empowered Public Interest Standards

ByConstance Ledoux Book

chapter |4 pages

Introductory Comments to Chapter 16

ByMichael Hoefges, Kent Lancaster

chapter 16|18 pages

Utilizing Mass Media Advertising for Legal Notice in Class Action Lawsuits

ByMichael Hoefges, Kent Lancaster

chapter |8 pages

Contributors