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Select Issues in Media Law and Policy
Unit code: LWN120
Contact hours: 26 hrs in total
Credit points: 12
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In the technology age the media pervades our lives. Those in the media who control the flow of information wield great power. A study of the functioning of media institutions and the controls imposed upon the activities of those institutions in a democratic society may lead to an understanding of the exercise of that power. This unit examines the concept of freedom of speech as exercised by the media and selected limitations on that freedom imposed by the common law and statute, limitations imposed upon media institutions represented by broadcasting law and policy issues affecting the functioning of the media.
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Offered in these courses
- LW51, LW60
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