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Book SynopsisRestricting Los Angeles Paparazzi: California's Legal Efforts Impacting Free Press Rights is a detailed analysis of California''s anti-paparazzi laws aimed at protecting celebrities'' privacy. Joshua N. Azriel provides an ethnographic, First Amendment-based critique of the state''s privacy and anti-harassment laws and discusses the broader implications of these laws on free press rights. Azriel conducted fieldwork acting as a paparazzo taking photos of celebrities and interviewed paparazzi directly about whether they comply with the laws, providing readers with insight into the challenges and ethics of the paparazzi industry and firsthand perspectives of photographers in the field. Scholars of media studies, legal studies, and sociology will find this book particularly useful.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Paparazzi and Celebrity Worlds
Chapter 2: Paparazzi as Journalists
Chapter 3: California Laws Protecting Celebrities’ Privacy
Chapter 4: Interviews with Paparazzi About California’s Privacy and Anti-Harassment Laws
Chapter 5: Professional Life as a Paparazzo
Chapter 6: The Constitutional Dangers in Censoring Paparazzi
Bibliography
About the Author
