Class 17 and 18 - Media Law and Ethics

DISCUSSION - We discussed media law and ethics, including the First Amendment, historical examples of the Payola scandals it the 1950s, the blacklisting of Hollywood actors, screenwriters and production people, the Quiz Show hoax, cartoons of the prophet Mohammed, etc. 



RESEARCH PAPER was due Thursday June TurnItIn.com. I am accepting later papers, but they will be marked down.

PRESENTATIONS: Here's what you should include in your presentation. You can include a discussion question for the class at the end if you think you will not fill the time (5 minutes min.): Brief description of two sides of controversy; something interesting or surprising from your research findings Media clip if relevant (1-3 minutes) Images if relevant Your opinion POWERPOINT:  Here are some tips about PowerPoint presentations. You can find more tips and videos on YouTube.com.  If you don't have PowerPoint, you can use Google Docs Presentation. Go todocs.google.com and sign in with your google ID. ·         No more than seven words across, seven lines down ·         Use bullet points ·         Use photos, graphics, video clips ·         Video should be limited to 1-3 minutes ·         Limit animations GRADES: Your may view your grades at TurnItIn.com.  WORKBOOKS will be due Thursday June 16 (last day of class). BLOG TOPIC:  Week 9: Media Ethics/Media Law (15) Describe a media law or media ethics case from 2010-11 involving one or more of the following: ·         First Amendment/censorship ·         Libel ·         Privacy/intrusion ·         Copyright ·         Federal Communications Commission ·         Misappropriation  Include an embed or link to a site about the case. Add your brief comments.