Communication Law in America is a comprehensive easytofollow overview of the complicated ways in which U.S. law determines who may say what to and about whom. It covers the usual contentampndash libel invasion of privacy copyright and trademark access to government information advertising electronic mediaampndash all the while giving readers a sense of how and why this country has come to weigh freedom of speech above competing freedoms far more often than in other Western democracies. This fourth edition of the wellreceived text boasts over 300 new citations including discussion of a dozen U. S. Supreme Court decisions handed down since the previous edition. The text also offers a new section on how the First Amendment applies to special populations including students government employees in general and the military in particular.