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12:45
- 2:00 p.m., W & F
Drown 210
Instructor:
Dr. Kathy Olson
kko2@lehigh.edu
(610) 758-5825 (office)
TA: Annamaria
Anselmo
ana212@lehigh.edu
Office hours:
Coppee 208: M
12-4; W 2-3; F 2-3; or by appointment (check here
for changes/cancellations)
In this class, we will explore the legal and ethical standards that determine what the media can do and think critically about whether the media lives up to those standards. By the end of the semester, you should have a better understanding of:
- How the American legal system works;
- The sources and current state of First Amendment protections;
- Some of the ethical and legal constraints on the media; and
- Why law and ethics are not the same.
Resources
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Trager, Russomanno and Ross, The Law of Journalism & Mass Communication (3rd edition)
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Jay Black and Chris Roberts, Doing Ethics in Media (2011)
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Handouts distributed in class and readings posted on or linked from the course Web site
We will also be using Course Site for discussions and for handouts. Please refer to the syllabus, weekly schedule and daily Web pages (linked from the schedule) for more information.
If you have any questions, please e-mail or call Kathy Olson at (610) 758-5825.