The Law of Journalism and Mass Communication
Fifth Edition
Links to Professional Resources
- Federal Trade Commission
- This is the website of the primary regulator of advertising in the United States, the Federal Trade Commission. It includes various links including news and the history of the FTC. The site also contains a search mechanism.
- Follow on Twitter: @FTC
- First Amendment Center, Advertising and the First Amendment
- The First Amendment Center offers this article by attorney Bruce E. H. Johnson about
- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ views regarding commercial speech and the First Amendment.
- Follow on Twitter: @1stAmendmentCtr and @Kenpaulson1
- Government Regulation of Commercial Speech
- This is another website providing an overview of commercial speech. Internal links give the reader U.S. Supreme Court opinions in some of the major commercial speech cases in history.
- The FDA and Commercial Speech Protections
- This is another website that provides an overview of commercial speech, but this one is specific to the Food and Drug Administration and the extent to which that federal agency is involved in the regulation of advertising.
- The FTC, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Division of Advertising Practices
- This division of the Federal Trade Commission enforces federal truth-in-advertising laws.
- The FDA’s Enforcement Action Plan for Promotion and Advertising Restrictions (Oct. 2010)
- This plan details how the Food and Drug Administration will implement the authority Congress granted it through the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.