LAW 3535 - Media Law
Career: | Undergraduate Law |
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Units: | 3 |
Term: | 3415 |
Campus: | North Terrace |
Contact: | Up to 3 hours per week (when averaged over the Semester) |
Restriction: | Available to LLB and B.Criminology with B.Laws and BArts Advanced with B.Laws students only |
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange: | Yes |
Available for Non-Award Study: | No |
Pre-Requisite: | LAW 1504 |
Incompatible: | LAW 2107 or LAW 2108 |
Assessment: | Assessment in a course of this kind would typically include one or more of the following: an exam, a research essay, a class presentation, and/or assessment of contributions to class discussion. |
Syllabus: |
This course will consider socio-legal and critical perspectives on contemporary global developments related to the legal regulation of media, and freedom of speech and expression. Topics to be covered may include theoretical approaches to the legal regulation of freedom of speech and expression; sedition, hate speech, pornography and obscenity; theoretical and global perspectives on platform governance and content regulation on social media platforms; continuities and distinctions between the legal regulation of online speech and speech on older forms of media; law and policy debates around internet shutdowns; law and platform virality; the regulation of end-to-end encrypted platforms; the intersection between the regulation of content on social media and issues related to privacy and surveillance; and the relationship between the regulation of media content and media infrastructures. This course will draw on case studies that relate to governance mechanisms that regulate speech on global platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and WhatsApp. |
Course Fees
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EFTSL | |||
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0.125 |
Course Outline
A Course Outline which includes Learning Outcomes, Learning Resources, Learning & Teaching for this course may be accessed here
Critical Dates
Term | Last Day to Add Online | Census Date | Last Day to WNF | Last Day to WF |
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3415 | Mon 30/06/2014 | Sun 06/07/2014 | Fri 18/07/2014 | Fri 25/07/2014 |
Class Details
Enrolment Class: Lecture | |||||||
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Class Nbr | Section | Size | Available | Dates | Days | Time | Location |
95017 | LE01 | 120 | 14 | 7 Jul - 14 Jul | Monday | 9am - 12pm | Ligertwood, 333, Law Lecture Theatre 2 |
7 Jul - 18 Jul | Monday, Wednesday, Friday | 2pm - 4pm | Ligertwood, 231, Law Lecture Theatre 1 | ||||
9 Jul - 18 Jul | Wednesday, Friday | 9am - 12pm | Ligertwood, 231, Law Lecture Theatre 1 | ||||
10 Jul - 10 Jul | Thursday | 10am - 12pm | Ligertwood, 231, Law Lecture Theatre 1 | ||||
15 Jul - 17 Jul | Tuesday, Thursday | 10am - 12pm | Ligertwood, 231, Law Lecture Theatre 1 |