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2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MCMM 3123 - Mass Media Law and Theory


Credit Hours: 3
Students survey mass media law with emphases on defamation of privacy, obscenity, copyright, and other related legal topics. They examine the judicial system, the development of theories and practices in mass communications and the U.S. Supreme Court’s interpretation of the First Amendment in landmark court cases. The legal parameters under which mass communications professionals operate are studied.