COM 500A Seminar in Media Law and Ethics
Covers the legal and ethical dimensions of media communications across platforms, with an emphasis on First Amendment, privacy and copyright issues. Students examine historical cases, analyze the contemporary evolution of law as it relates to technological development, and discuss ethical situations that arise from the confluence of accelerated technological development and the culture's ability to understand its consequences, unintended or otherwise. Required for those without an undergraduate media law and ethics course or professional experience waiver.
Goal
Learn the legal foundations for freedom of speech and the press, and legal restrictions and ethical principles relevant to media practitioners.