Social Media Law addresses the current and pressing issues in this dynamic area of law:

• Privacy, anonymity, and accountability in the context of social networking
• Sources and privacy issues faced by journalists
• The future of journalism and publishing in the context of new media
• The intersection of social media and the First Amendment
• Social media issues in employment law
• Social media and education law
• Copyright and fair use in the context of new media
• Peer-to-peer file sharing
• The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and the proposed PROTECT IP Act
• New media and its impact on mass communications laws
• Social media and litigation-from "tweeting" jurors (and jurors who "tweet") to messaging witnesses to "friending" judges
• Bloggers, user-created content, "citizen journalism," and the like
• Social media-related cybercrime and its prosecution
• The intersection of social medial law and new business models, and implications on business law and contract law
• Virtual law practice and the role of social and new media in representing clients, specifically in the business of law practice and in issues of professionalism

This edition covers a wide range of recent court decisions; privacy issues regarding employers and employees on social media; and social media directives issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission and Federal Drug Administration.