COMM - 4300 Media Communication Law (3)

Identifies and evaluates communication law, issues, and responsibilities. Topics covered include free speech principles, First Amendment, libel, privacy broadcast regulation, ownership, copyright, fair trial/free press. Selected readings on perspectives in mass communications will be examined with research on contemporary issues regarding role and legal problems in freedom and responsibilities of the mass media. Instructional Method: Offfered Face-to-Face, Hybrid. Equivalent to MCOM - 4512 Media Communication Law (3). Prerequisite: Prerequisite: COMM - 3200 Strategic Writing (3) and COMM - 3300 Strategic Communication in Society (3).