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Free Speech,Media Law And Democracy (COM-403)


Semester: Summer 2021
Number: 0108-403-001
Instructor: Paul Thaler
Days: Tuesday 10:40 am - 12:40 pm
Note: Online, Both synchronous and asynchronous
Location: Online
Credits: 3
Course Meets: May 26 - June 30
Notes:

Synchronous Class Meet On Tuesday 10:40am To 12:40pmasynchronous Remaining Days
Of The Week

Course Materials: View Text Books
Related Syllabi: Paul Thaler for Spring 2014*
Paul Thaler for Summer 2018*
Paul Thaler for Fall 2018*

*Attention Students: Please note that the syllabi available for your view on these pages are for example only. The instructors and requirements for each course are subject to change each semester. If you enroll in a particular course, your instructor and course outline may differ from what is presented here.

Description:

Students examine contemporary First Amendment issues and court decisions as they apply to pornography, hate speech, the college press, intellectual property, and corporate media ownership, at the same time investigating the critical effect that new forms of media have had on expanding—and limiting—our free-speech rights.

Learning Goals:   1. to provide students with a philosophical and historical understanding of free expressionin America• 2. to immerse students in the social, political and technological issues that inform freespeech issues• 3. to familiarize students with important case law (with an emphasis on those cases directlyrelated to media and the press) that have defined American First Amendment rights.

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