MEDIA LAW, POLICY, & ETHICS (CM3046)

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Examines how constitutional and statutory law define and protect media in different countries. Introduces students to libel law, copyright and author's rights, commercial rights issues, and variations across countries. Examines the role of government institutions and regulatory bodies in formulating policy on matters such as children's television and advertising regulation. Explores the process of self-regulation and issues of journalist's ethics.

Code: 
CM3046
Name: 
MEDIA LAW, POLICY, & ETHICS
Discipline: 
CM (Communications)
Type: 
Regular
Level: 
Undergraduate
Credits: 
4
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Pre-requisites: 
None
Co-requisites: 
None

Learning Outcomes

  1. To become familiar with how policy is developed within media institutions.
  2. To become more practiced in identifying, analyzing and articulating instances of media regulation
  3. To become more practiced in structuring arguments while debating the contemporary issues that the media now faces in terms of regulation, policy and ethics.
  4. To gain a richer, more informed understanding of law with particular attention to media law and the issues and debates surrounding the role and function of law in guaranteeing fundamental freedoms within civil society, particularly free speech, access to information and the protection of privacy.
  5. To interrogate the nature of “media ethics” both in terms of what fundamental philosophical perspectives underlie ethical practices within the media and in terms of what makes certain contemporary media practices fair and trustworthy or, in certain instances, biased and unjust.

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Term Code Name
Spring 2025 CM3046 MEDIA LAW, POLICY, & ETHICS

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