Media Law
CMM26
Overview
Level of study: What does Undergraduate Level 2 mean?
Undergraduate Level 2
EFTSL: What does EFTSL mean?
0.125
Delivery Method: What does delivery method mean?
Web Supplemented
Prerequisites: What are the prerequisites?
Duration:
13 weeks
Government loans available:
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Domestic student fee:
$750.00 (AUD)
International student fee:
$975.00 (AUD)
Description
Learn legal and ethical issues relevant to the publishing environment. You will gain an understanding of legal constraints on public speech and its impact on the media environment. The unit also discusses copyright and intellectual property, defamation, the information society and media ethics. The unit explores gender-related and cross-cultural research and writing and the relationships between the mass media and other social institutions. This unit introduces you to some basic ideas behind the regulation of public speech and explores the tension between public and private concepts of information and knowledge.
Assessment
- Essay 1 (30%)
- Essay 2 (30%)
- Invigilated Exam (40%)
Learning Outcomes
This unit introduces you to some basic ideas behind the regulation of public speech in a national and international framework. It explores the tension between public and private concepts of information and knowledge. It includes specific knowledge of media law defamation and contempt copyright law and media ethics.
Topics
This unit addresses the following topics.
| Number | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Ethical questions |
| 2 | Gender-related & cross-cultural aspects of research |
| 3 | Basic legal constraints on public speech in Australia |
| 4 | Elementary principles of copyright law |
| 5 | Relationships between the mass media & other social institutions |
Study Resources
This unit is delivered using the following methods and materials:
Print based materials
- Study Guide
- Welcome Letter
Online materials
- Resources and Links
Textbook information for this unit is currently being updated and will be available soon. Please check back regularly for updates. Alternatively, visit the Unibooks website and enter the unit details to search for available textbooks.
Relevant Courses
This unit is a core requirement in the following courses:
- Certificate of Journalism, Griffith University
- Certificate of Media Communications, Griffith University
- Certificate of Public Relations, Griffith University
- Bachelor of Business, Swinburne University of Tnlgy
This unit is part of a major, minor, stream or specialisation in the following courses:
This unit is an approved elective in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Behavioural Studies (Psychology), Swinburne University of Tnlgy
- Bachelor of Behavioural Studies, Swinburne University of Tnlgy
- Bachelor of Technology (Information Systems), Swinburne University of Tnlgy
- Bachelor of Arts (Librarianship and Corporate Information Management), Curtin University
- Certificate of Arts, Griffith University
- Diploma of Arts, Griffith University
This unit may be eligible for credit towards other courses:
- Many undergraduate courses on offer through OUA include 'open elective' where any OUA unit can be credited to the course. You need to check the Award Requirements on the course page for the number of allowed open electives and any level limitations.
- In other cases, the content of this unit might be relevant to a course on offer through OUA or elsewhere. In order to receive credit for this unit in the course you will need to supply the provider institution with a copy of the Unit Profile in the approved format, which you can download here. Note that the Unit Profile is set at the start of the year, and if textbooks change this may not match the Unibooks textbook list.
