MSTD 400 Media Law & Ethics

Course Calendar Summer 2008	Media Law & Ethics MSTD 400/ Media Studies / Radford University Instructor: Prof. Bill Kovarik, Ph.D. Office: Porterfield 178 Office phone: 831-6033; Fax 831-6005; Department office: 831-5531 E-mail: wkovarik@radford.edu Office hours Summer 2007: Statue of Justice, US Supreme Court, by Theodor Horydczak, Library of Congress, not for commercial use. LC-H814- 1895-007.
Semester Calendar	*Topic and reading (Overbeck )*	*Links to study guides*	Quizzes and Tests All quizzes to be given in class (Not on Web CT)
May 12	Introduction to law and the legal system Ch. 1 Also Ch. 14. Freedom of the Student Press Also: Radford City ordinance about Greek letters	Introduction
May 13	Ch. 2 & 3 Legacy of Freedom and Prior Restraint	Intellectual Property
May 14	Ethics	Media Ethics
	Advertising: AAF Ethics
	Journalism: SPJ Ethics	Reporter privilege FOIA
	Production: RTNDA Ethics
May 15		Free Speech in History	Q2. History & prior restraint
May 19 -20	Ch. 4 Defamation / Libel and Slander	Defamation	Q3 - Ethics Also -- In class ethics quiz -- Be prepared to describe your professional group's ethical standards in some detail, in writing,
May 21	Ch. 5 Privacy	Privacy	Q4. Libel
	Advertising: Privacy Ch.5 (misappropriation)
	Journalism: Privacy Ch.5 (false light, publication private facts, intentional infliction of emotional distress)
	Production: Ch. 5 (misappropriation, intrusion)
May 22	Review for Mid Term		Q5 Privacy


May 26	MID TERM
May 27	Ch. 7 Free press fair trial	Free press and fair trial
May 28	Ch 11. Regulation of Electronic Media	Broadcasting
June 2-3	Ch 13. Advertising (FTC regulation)	Advertising
June 4	Ch. 10 Obscenity	Obscenity
June 9	Review
June 10-12	Moot Court
June 12-13	Recap, Final exam