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| Course ID: | JRLC 5040/7040. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Law of Mass Communication | Course
Description: | First Amendment principles and communication law affecting print, telecommunications, advertising, and public relations. | | Oasis Title: | Law of Mass Communication | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in JRLC 5040H, JRLC 5040E or JRLC 7040E | | Prerequisite: | (ADPR 3100 or ADPR 3100H or ADPR 3850 or ADPR 3850H or JOUR 3310 or JOUR 3310H or JOUR 3030 or JOUR 3030H or EMST 3010 or EMST 3010H) and permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | Course Objectives: | To acquire practical legal knowledge to help practitioners protect themselves and
to use the law to serve their professional goals; To understand judicial reasoning
and constitutional tools; To apply legal principles, law and reasoning to real and
hypothetical cases involving the media and media professions. | | Topical Outline: | First Amendment purposes
Prior restraints
Libel
Obscenity
Privacy
Copyright
Commercial speech
Access to information
Telecommunications regulations | |
| Course ID: | JRLC 5040H. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Law of Mass Communication (Honors) |
Course
Description: | First Amendment principles and communication law affecting
print, telecommunications, advertising, and public relations. |
| Oasis Title: | Law of Mass Comm Honors |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in JRLC 5040, JRLC 7040 |
| Prerequisite: | (ADPR 3100 or ADPR 3100H or ADPR 3850 or ADPR 3850H or JOUR 3310 or JOUR 3310H or JOUR 3030 or JOUR 3030H or EMST 3010 or EMST 3010H) and permission of Honors |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | To acquire practical legal knowledge to help practitioners
protect themselves and use the law to serve their professional
goals; to understand judicial reasoning and constitutional
tools; to apply legal principles, law and reasoning to real and
hypothetical cases involving the media and media professions. |
| Topical Outline: | First Amendment purposes
Prior restraints
Libel
Obscenity
Privacy
Copyright
Commercial speech
Access to information
Telecommunications regulations |
| Course ID: | JRLC 5040E/7040E. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Law of Mass Communication |
Course
Description: | First Amendment principles and communication law affecting print,
telecommunications, advertising, and public relations. |
| Oasis Title: | Law of Mass Communication |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in JRLC 5040H, JRLC 5040 or JRLC 7040 |
| Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. |
| Prerequisite: | ADPR 3100 or ADPR 3100H or ADPR 3850 or ADPR 3850H or JOUR 3030 or JOUR 3030H or EMST 3010 or EMST 3010H |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | To acquire practical legal knowledge to help practitioners protect
themselves and to use the law to serve their professional goals;
To understand judicial reasoning and constitutional tools;
To apply legal principles, law, and reasoning to real and
hypothetical cases involving the media and media professions. |
| Topical Outline: | First Amendment purposes
Prior restraints
Libel
Obscenity
Privacy
Copyright
Commercial speech
Access to information
Telecommunications regulations |
Syllabus: No Syllabus Available
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