T. Barton Carter
Education
Yale University, New Haven, CT
B.A., Psychology, 1971University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA
J.D., 1974Boston University School of Public Communication, Boston, MA
M.S. in Mass Communication, 1978
Experience
Boston University College Of Communication
(1979-present)
Chairman, Department of MC/AD/PR (2000-present)
Acting Dean (2003)
Acting Chairman, Department of MC/AD/PR (2000)
Professor (tenured)(1996-present)
Associate Professor (tenured)(1985-96)
Assistant Professor (1979-85)
Designed and taught courses in communication law, electronic media regulation and policy, First Amendment theory, new communications technology, legal issues of new technologies, computers in communication, and AV production
Coordinator, JD/MS in Mass Communication Dual-degree program (1981-present)
Associate Director, Institute for Democratic Communication (1991)
Pre-law Advisor, COM (1979-present)
Representative to University Faculty Council (1980-1981)
Alternate Representative to University Faculty Council (1982-1984)
Credentials and Bylaws Committee, University Faculty Council (1980-present) Chair (1988-1990)
Executive Committee, University Faculty Council (1988-1990)
COM Appointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee (1985-1987, 1992-1993, 1996-1999) Chair (1985-1987, 1998-1999)
MC/PR Faculty Search Committee (1985-1988, 1993, 1994-1996), Chair (1985-1987, 1994-1995)
MC/AD/PR Graduate Committee (1995-1999), Chair (1996-1999)
COM Faculty Council (1985-1987, 1998-2000)
Law School Dean's Search Advisory Committee (1988)
University Faculty Grievance Committee (1993-present)
University Council Procedures Committee (1994-present)
University Board on Student Conduct (2001-present)Boston University School Of Law
Professor (1996-present)
Associate Professor (1989-1996)
Designed and taught courses in electronic media regulation, telecommunication regulation and press law.Boston University School Of Public Communication
Pre-law Advisor (1977-1979)
Designed and taught courses in various areas of communication law on both graduate and undergraduate level.
Teaching Assistant (1976-1977)
Taught section meetings in communication law, and civil rights and civil liberties.National Association Of Broadcasters, Legal Department
(Summer 1983)
Drafted pleadings in FCC proceedings on must-carry, teletext, SCAs, technical deregulation, and fairness doctrine for cable. Answered member questions on broadcast regulation.Tanist Broadcasting Corporation
President and majority stockholder of this media-holding company (1980 to 2001)Attorney (1975-present)
Legal consulting practice with the emphasis on communication law.Willcox, Pirozzolo & McCarthy
Associate in a civil litigation firm. (1975)
Professional Activities
Consultant to Brookline Cable Advisory Board, 1980.
Paper, "Right of Reply vs. the Sullivan Rule: Time for a Second Look," presented at the 63rd Annual Convention of the Association for Education in Journalism, 1980.
Paper, "Some Initial Thoughts on Salinger v. Random House," presented at the 70th Annual Convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 1987.
Paper, "Electronic Gatekeepers: Locking Out the Marketplace of Ideas," presented at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne Symposium commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Hutchins Commission and the 70th Anniversary of the UIUC School of Journalism, 1997.
Paper, "You Are What You Read: Library and Bookstore Searches Under the USA Patriot Act," presented at the Oxford Roundtable, 2004.
Editor, Media Law Notes, 1981-1982.
Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Correspondent, 1981-1985.
Editorial Board, Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 1988-1991.
Books
T. B. Carter, M. A. Franklin, and J. B. Wright, The First Amendment and the Fourth Estate: The Law of Mass Media, Foundation Press, 3rd Ed. 1985, 4th Ed. 1988, 5th Ed. 1991, 6th Ed. 1994, 7th Ed. 1997, 8th Ed., 2001, 9th Ed. 2005.
T. B. Carter, M. A. Franklin, and J. B. Wright, The First Amendment and the Fifth Estate: Regulation of Electronic Mass Media, Foundation Press, 1986, 2nd Ed. 1989, 3rd Ed. 1993, 4th Ed. 1996, 5th Ed. 1999, 6th Ed., 2003.
T. B. Carter, M. A. Franklin, and J. B. Wright, Supplement to The First Amendment and the Fifth Estate: Regulation of Electronic Mass Media, Foundation Press, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001.
T. B. Carter, J. Dee, M. Gaynes, and H. Zuckman, Mass Communication Law in a Nutshell, 3rd Ed., West Publishing, 1988, 4th Ed. 1994, 5th Ed., 2000.
Book Chapters
"Cameras in the Courtroom: Education or Entertainment?" in B. Rubin, When Information Counts: Grading the Media, Lexington Books, 1985.
"Legal Aspects of Video" in International Association of Business Communicators, Understanding and Using Video, Longman, 1985.
"Obscenity and Pornography" in W. Brasch and D. Ulloth, The Press and the State: Sociohistorical and Contemporary Perspectives, University Press of America, 1986.
"Prior Restraint" in D. Johnston, Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications, Academic Press, 2003
Publications
"Electronic Gatekeepers: Locking Out the Marketplace of Ideas," 3 Comm.L.&Pol'y 371-387 (1998).
"Right of Reply vs. the Sullivan Rule," 27 Loyola Law Review 41 (1981).
Book Review, 50 Geo. Wash. Law Review 601 (1982). (Reviewing J. Barron, Public Rights and the Private Press.)
Auerbach Reports, "Legal Implications of Computer Software," coauthored with Nancy Finn.
Study Guide to accompany "Free Speech and Advertising-- Who Draws the Line?" (An hour-long videotape presentation on the commercial speech doctrine produced by the Boston University Institute for Democratic Communication.)
Professional Organizations & Memberships
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Law Division: Head (1983-1984), Associate Head (1982-1983), Clerk (1981-1982), Assistant Chair, Research Committee (1980-1981), PF&R Committee (1988-1989).
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication: Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Accreditation (1984-1987)
Broadcast Education Association, Law and Policy Division: Chair-Elect (1988-1989), Chair (1989-1990), Executive Committee (1988-91).
American Bar Association
American Bar Association Forum Committee on Communication Law
Federal Communications Bar Association
Honors & Awards
Listed in Who's Who in America.
Listed in Who's Who in American Law.
Listed in Who's Who in Education.
Listed in Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America.
Listed in Who’s Who in Finance and Industry.
Listed in Who's Who in the World.