Course Description

This course examines legal issues and court cases involving the media in the United States.

Some of the topics examined include: the First Amendment, libel, privacy, protection of news sources, obscenity, advertising, access to public records and meetings, and copyright.

Friday, September 5, 2014

Hi! As a reminder - there is no class on Monday, Sept. 8th. IN STEAD you have a project that will be due by midnight on Monday. Please email your project to christina.robertson@avila.edu. The Project: 1. A 5 slide powerpoint of a 1st Amendment Case 2. The 1st Amendment case needs to be related to Free Speech. 3. The slides will follow the format of a Brief (see page 21 of your text) - There will be one slide each for: Facts, Issue, Decision, Explanation and Rule of Law/Concurring or dissenting opinions. We will discuss them in class on Wednesday so pick something that interests you.

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