Media Law and Ethics

Catalog description

Basic legal concepts for print, broadcast, online, and photojournalism including constitutional legal protections and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Focus on access to courts, public records, public meetings, subpoenas, shield laws, prior restraint, libel, defamation, privacy, source confidentiality, intellectual property, obscenity, and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations, and ethical practices. Prerequisites: None.