COMMRC 1186 - MEDIA LAW

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to introduce students to laws and regulations affecting the mass media in the United States. The philosophical and theoretical bases of press freedom will be examined along with the legal interrelationship of the government and the media. Discussions will focus on legal limitations and privileges affecting the press including the law of libel, free press and fair trial, the right of privacy, advertising, development of obscenity law, copyright and access to the media.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: COMMRC 0320 or FMST 0120 or ENGFLM 0400

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