Communication Law

1. Course Overview and Objectives 
Course Objectives

2. First Amendment Overview 
Sources of Law 
First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution 
First Amendment Theories 

3. Prior Restraint 
Prior Restraint: List of Cases 
Prior Restraint Handout 

4. Students & Student Media 
Student & Student Media: List of Cases 
Students & the Internet; College Media: List of Cases

5. Hate Speech & Symbolic Speech 
Hate Speech & Symbolic Speech Handout 
Hate Speech & Symbolic Speech: List of Cases 

6. Libel (Defamation) 
Libel Overview Handout 
Libel: Actual Malice Handout 
Libel: Defining the Public Figure Handout 
Libel (Absolute Defenses): List of Cases 
Libel (Actual Malice Test): List of Cases 
Libel (Other Defenses): List of Cases 
Libel (Related Issues): List of Cases 

7. Invasion of Privacy 
Privacy Handout 
Privacy: List of Cases

8. Electronic Media, Video Games & The Internet 
Electronic Media Handout 
Broadcast Indecency Handout 
Electronic Media: List of Cases 
Internet & Interactive Video Games: List of Cases 

9. Access to Information 
Freedom of Information Act 
Privacy Act of 1974 
Access to Information: List of Cases 

10. Confidentiality 
Confidentiality Handout 
Ohio Shield Law (Print) 
Ohio Shield Law (Broadcast) 
Confidentiality: List of Cases 

11. Courtroom Coverage 
Balancing the First Amendment with the Sixth Amendment 
Courtroom Coverage: List of Cases 

12. Commercial Speech 
Commercial Speech Handout 
Commercial Speech: List of Cases 
Tobacco Advertising: List of Cases 

13. Intellectual Property 
Copyright Handout 
Copyright & Fair Use: List of Cases 
Trademark: List of Cases 

14. Obscenity, Pornography & Violence 
Obscenity, Pornography & Violence: List of Cases 

15. Legal Research 
Understanding the legal citation 
How to Find Case Law 

16. The Analysis Paper 
Analysis Paper Assignment