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SCOM 3060 - Communication Law and Regulation

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisites: None.
Corequisites: None.
Pre/Corequisites: None.
Requirements: None.

Description
The laws as applied to press, film, and telecommunication. A philosophical basis and evolution of legal precedent governing media, slander, privacy, copyright, information access, constitutional issues, and practical limitations of libel. (Journalism majors must take this course under the journalism heading.).



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