Communication Law and Ethics
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Syllabus (general)
Schedule (general)
Comm Law short course
Gov’s School 2023
COMS 611 graduate syllabus
Podcasts
Cases in Comm Law
FIRAC analysis
Laws & Treaties
R1 – Int’l Media research
MC1 – About moot court
Moot Court Cases
MC2 – Writing a legal brief
Exam reviews
Intro
1.2 First Amendment (US)
1.3 Legal systems
1.4 Case example Smith v Johnson
1.5 Comm law basics
1.6 Civics & principles of law
1.7 Concepts & terms in law
1.8 Jurisprudence
1.Q Civics quiz
ETHICS 2.1
2.2 Traditions of ethics
2.3 Professional ethics
2.4 Social responsibility
2.5 Images & ethics
2.6 Ethics hypotheticals
2.Q Ethics quiz
History
3.2 Enlightenment
3.3 The US Constitution
3.4 Nineteenth Century
3.Q History quiz
CENSORSHIP 4.1
4.2 Twentieth century
4.3 Compelled speech
4.4 Right of Association
4.5 Public Schools & Universities
4.6 Local Gov’t & First Amendment
4.7 Hate speech
4.8 Obscenity
4.Q Prior restraint quiz
Libel-Priv
5.2 Background on Libel
5.3 Sullivan and related cases
5.4 Libel – Current cases
5.5 Int’l Defamation
5.6 Hypotheticals: Libel
5.Q Libel quiz
PRIVACY 6.1
6.2 RTBF & Privacy
6.3 Hypotheticals: Privacy
6.Q Privacy quiz
Ad-PR
7.2 Advertising legal history
7.3 Advertising cases
7.4 Advertising regulation
7.5 Deceptive advertising
7.6 FDA, Oxycontin and ‘Dopesick’
7.7 Alcohol ads
7.8 Tobacco ads
7.9 Regulating children’s ads
7.10 Public forum ads
7.11 Signs & advertising
7.12 Corporate speech (PR)
7.13 Int’l Ad Regs
7.Q Ad law quiz
RTVF-News
8.2 Radio & TV Regulation
8.3 Broadcast censorship
8.4 Film censorship
8.Q R-TV-F quiz
NEWS 9.1
9.2 News gathering photo & video
9.3 FOIA
9.3.1 Virginia FOIA
9.4 Free press fair trial
9.4.1 Pre-trial publicity
9.5 Shield laws
9.6 Student press law
9.Q News reporting quiz
Digital
10.2 Section 230
10.3 Digital access & de-platforming
10.4 Digital Privacy
10.5 Digital structure
10.Q Section 10 quiz
Copyright
11.2 Copyright basics & history
11.3 Copyright and music
11.3.1 More parodies
11.4 Copyright cases
11.5 Copyright & Public Domain
11.6 Copyright and digital media
11.7 Trademark issues
11.Q Copyright quiz
AntiTtrust
12.2 Antitrust & traditional media
12.3 Structure of broadcasting
12.4 Digital media structure
12.Q Anti-trust quiz
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