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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