TVR 713X: Regulation of Media (Regulation of Television and Radio)Semester Syllabus - Fall, 2004Wednesday - 6:00PM-9:00PM |
Semester Syllabus / Lecture Notes
Session | Schedule | Subject Matter | Lecture Notes and Readings | |
1 | September 1 | Management, Media, Stakeholders, Responsibilities, and the Balance of Rights | No Reading. | |
2 | September 8 | The Structure and Practice of Media Regulation | Pember and Calvert, C.1; Zelezny, C.1; McChesney, C.1; Lessig, pp.130-139. | |
3 | September 22 | Freedom and Responsibility: The First Amendment and Prior Restraint | Pember and Calvert, C.2-3; Zelezny, C.2-3; McChesney C.2; Lessig C.1. | |
4 | September 29 | Freedom and Recourse | Pember and Calvert, C.4-6; Zelezny, C.4; McChesney, C.3. | |
5 | October 6 | Access and Privacy | Pember and Calvert, C.7-10; Zelezny, C.5-6; | |
6 | October 13 | Commercial Speech | Pember and Calvert, C.15; Zelezny, C.12; McChesney C.4. | |
7 | October 20 | Licensing in the Public Interest. | Pember and Calvert, C.16; Zelezny, C.9; McChesney C.5. | |
8 | October 27 | Mid-term (half class); Obscenity | Pember and Calvert, C.13; Zelezny, C.11. | |
9 | November 3 | Copyright, Trademark, and other forms of Creative Property | Pember and Calvert, C.14; Zelezny, C.8; Lessig, C.2-5. | |
10 | November 10 | Term Paper Work Week; Discussion via Blackboard | ||
11 | November 17 | Evoluting Notions of Property | McChesney, C.6; Lessig, C. 6-10; pp.130-139. | |
12 | December 1 | Fair Trial and Free Press. | Pember and Calvert, C.11-12; Zelezny, C.7. | |
13 | December 8 | Regulation, Content, and Creativity | Lessig C.11-12, Zelezny C.10. | |
14 | December 14 (Tuesday) | Media in the Balance | McChesney, C.7; Lessig C.13-15, Conclusion, Afterword | |
Final | December 22 | Discussion of Term Papers with Class | Everybody elses Term Paper |