Social Media and the Law ─ A Guidebook for Communication Students and Professionals

To what extent do communicators put themselves at risk for defamation and privacy lawsuits when they use social media, and what rights do communicators have when other users talk about them on social networks? How can an entity maintain control of intellectual property issues—such as posting copyrighted videos and photographs—consistent with the developing law in digital media? In Social Media and the Law, 2e thirteen media law scholars address these questions and more.

This new edition is revised througought and includes two new chapters on the ownership of social media accounts and content and First Amendment issues.

Daxton R. "Chip" Stewart, Ph.D., J.D., LL.M., is an associate professor at the Schieffer School of Journalism at Texas Christian University. He has more than?fifteen years of professional experience in news media and public relations and has been an attorney since 1998. His recent scholarship focuses on the intersection of social media and the law.