COMM 581 - Mass Media Law

4 credits
Studies the constitutional freedoms and statutory limitations affecting mass media in the U.S. Topics include freedom of the press, the right of privacy, libel, media and the courts, copyright, broadcast and cable regulation, obscenity, access to information, advertising regulation, and freedom of the scholastic press.Prerequisite(s): COMM 201 and COMM 300; or PSY 229; or BA 324