CMM 455 - Media Law (3 cr.)

Legal foundations for future practitioners of mass communication. Pertinent cases, precedents, and guidelines within the parameters of the First Amendment rights. Recurring legal issues including freedom of the press, libel, invasion of privacy, copyright, obscenity, commercial speech and broadcasting regulations.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): CMM 118 and Sophomore Standing.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall