Communications Law and Ethics
"No experiment can be more interesting than that we are now trying." – Thomas Jefferson
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  • Course
    • About this site
    • Syllabus (general)
      • Schedule (general)
      • Comm Law short course
      • Gov’s School 2023
      • COMS 611 graduate syllabus
    • Podcasts
    • Powerpoint class notes
    • Cases in Comm Law
    • FIRAC analysis
    • Laws & Treaties
    • R1 – Int’l Media research
    • Exam reviews
    • — Moot Court —
    • About moot court
    • Moot Court Cases
    • MC1 – Research
    • MC2 – Writing a legal brief
    • MC3 – Oral argument
  • Intro
    • 1.2 Human rights worldwide
    • 1.3 Structure of judicial system
    • 1.4 Case example
    • 1.5 Principles of democracy
    • 1.6 Basics of media law
    • 1.7 First Amendment doctrines
    • 1.8 First Amendment jurisprudence
    • 1.9 Int’l Comm Law
    • 1.Q Intro quiz
    • 2 ETHICS
    • 2.2 Traditions of ethics
    • 2.3 Religious & moral principles
    • 2.4 Professional ethics
    • 2.5 AI, ICT, & Social responsibility
    • 2.6 Images & ethics
    • 2.7 Ethics hypotheticals
    • 2.Q Ethics quiz
  • History
    • 3.1.1 Legal codes
    • 3.2 Enlightenment
    • 3.3 The US Constitution
    • 3.4 Nineteenth Century
    • 3.Q History quiz
    • 4 CENSORSHIP
    • 4.2 Twentieth century
    • 4.3 Hate speech
    • 4.3.1 US vs EU: digital services
    • 4.4 Obscenity
    • 4.5 Compelled speech
    • 4.6 Right of Association
    • 4.7 Right of Assembly & Petition
    • 4.8 Free speech on campus
    • 4.9 Local Gov’t & First Amendment
    • 4.Q Censorship quiz
  • Libel-Privacy
    • 5.2 Background on Libel
    • 5.3 Sullivan and related cases
    • 5.4 Libel – Current cases
    • 5.4.1 Trump’s libel suits
    • 5.5 International libel
    • 5.6 Hypotheticals: Libel
    • 5.Q Libel quiz
    • 6 PRIVACY
    • 6.2 Publication of private facts
    • 6.3 False Light
    • 6.4 lntrusion & trespass
    • 6.5 Misappropriation
    • 6.6 Digital media & privacy
    • 6.7 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-PR quiz
  • RTVF-News
    • 8.2 Radio & TV Regulation
    • 8.2.1 Fairness Doctrine – Equal Time
    • 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 Trespass & newsroom searches
    • 9.7 Student press law
    • 9.Q News quiz
  • Digital
    • 10.2 Section 230
    • 10.3 Digital access & de-platforming
    • 10.4 Digital Privacy
    • 10.5 Digital structure
    • 10.Q Digital media 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 AI and Copyright
    • 11.8 Trademark issues
    • 11.Q Copyright quiz
  • AntiTtrust
    • 12.2 Antitrust & traditional media
    • 12.3 Structure of broadcasting
    • 12.4 Structure of digital media
    • 12.Q Anti-trust quiz

Podcasts

Note

Most of these podcasts were created in 2012, so the basic law is fine but the recent examples are dated. Prof. Kovarik will be working on another set of podcasts soon. Thanks.


1 Introduction to Communications Law 

https://revolutionsincommunication.com/law/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/1.CommLaw.Intro_.mp3

2. Ethics

https://revolutionsincommunication.com/law/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/7.CommLaw.Ethics.mp3

3. Law and History    

https://revolutionsincommunication.com/law/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/2.CommLaw.History.m4a

4.  Prior restraint & obscenity   

https://revolutionsincommunication.com/law/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/3.CommLaw.Obscenity.mp3

5. Libel 

https://revolutionsincommunication.com/law/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/4.CommLaw.Libel_.m4a

6. Privacy  

https://revolutionsincommunication.com/law/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/5.CommLaw.Privacy.mp3

7. Advertising 

https://revolutionsincommunication.com/law/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/8.CommLaw.Advertising.mp3

8. Broadcasting 

https://revolutionsincommunication.com/law/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/9.CommLaw.Broadcasting.mp3

9. News gathering

https://revolutionsincommunication.com/law/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/10.CommLaw.Newsgathering.mp3

10. Copyright

https://revolutionsincommunication.com/lawwp-content/uploads/2020/05/6.CommLaw.Copyright.mp3

 

 

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