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Com 400 Com Law: Calendar, Spring--2004 |
Dr. Janet McMullen
| Assigned Reading | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| January 2003 | 12 | 13 | 14Intro to Course | 15 | 16 American Legal System |
| Middleton: Ch 1 | 19 MLK DAY | 20 | 21 American Legal System | 22 | 23 Legal System, Cont. |
| Middleton: Ch 2 | 28 Historical Perspective | 27 | 28 Theory of First Amendment | 29 | 30 Theory of First Amendment |
| February | 2 Prior Restraint; Near V. Minnesota; Agnew Speech | 3 | 4 Prior Restraint; Times v. U.S. | 5 | 6 Prepublication agreements; finish 1st Am. |
| Middleton: Ch 3 | 9 Libel | 10 | 11 Exam 1 | 12 | 13 Times v. Sullivan |
| ; | 16 Libel, cont. | 17 | 18 Libel, cont. | 19 | 20 Winter Break! |
| Middleton: Ch 4 | 23 Privacy | 24 | 25 Privacy/ Copyright | 26 | 27 Copyright |
| March Middleton: Ch 5, 6, 7; | 1 Copyright
Book Review Due |
2 | 3 Advertising/ Corporate Speech | 4 | 5 Catch Up
Middle of Semester |
| Middleton: Ch 12 | 8 Reg. Of Electronic Media | 9 Last Date to drop for W | 10 Reg. Of Electronic Media | 11 | 12 FCC structure and powers |
| Middleton, Ch 13 | 15 Deregulation | 16 | 17 Cable Reg/ Licensing | 18 | 19 License Renewal |
| 22 Spring Break! | 23 Spring Break! | 24 Spring Break! | 25 Spring Break! | 26Spring Break! | |
| April | 29 Renewal | 30 | 31 Renewal | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 6 | 7 Ownership | 8
Study Session? |
9 Political Speech | |
| 12 Exam 2 | 13 | 14 Political Speech | 15 | 16 Good Friday | |
| Middleton: Ch 9, 10, 11 | 19 Political Speech / News Issues | 22 | 23 News Issues/ Cameras in Court Last Day to Drop a Class | 24 | 25 Confidentiality, Fake News/ Access |
| 26 Content Issues: Children's Programming | 27 | 28 Violence | 29 | 30 Violence | |
| May Middleton: Ch 8 | 3 Indecency, Obscenity, Pornography DUE: Term Paper | 4 | 5 Indecency, Obscenity, Pornography | 6 Study Day! | 7 Final: 1:00-2:45 |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
Remember that this calendar is tentative and not chiseled in granite. Dr. Mc reserves the right to reschedule any events as she deems necessary.
Copyright, 2004
Dr. Janet McMullen
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