Earning Criteria

• Understand the historical background to the First Amendment and Constitutional guarantees to a free press.
• Provide a framework for understanding how constitutional guarantees are expressed.
• Understand the differences between the print and media models in communication law.
• Understand the judicial process and how it relates to the mass media.
• Understand the evolutionary nature of law and how it impacts upon the media.
• Provide understanding of how technologies have involved the mass media and how they impact telecommunications marketplace.
• Earners must complete MS 4333 Media Law