Assignments
Quizzes = Approximately every two weeks. Based on class lectures. On Blackboard. On your schedule. One attempt. Due seven days from posting.
Reflection = Based on a movie. 500 words. 12 pts. Times New Roman. Double-spaced. To be posted on Blackboard. Due Feb. 13, end of day.
Research Paper = 8 pages, double-spaced, one-sided, 12 pt. type, Times New Roman, APA Style. First-half class due March 7. Second-half class due April 29.
Week 1, Tuesday
Welcome!
First Amendment Fundamentals
Syllabus Review & Overview
Week 1, Thursday
Review: Progressive Era + Terms/Concepts
Prior Restraints: Near v. Minn. + Pentagon Papers
Quiz 1 posted, due one week.
Week 2, Tuesday
Levels of Protection — Type of Speech + Type of Forum
Week 2, Thursday
Levels of Protection — Type of Medium + Type of Speaker
Quiz 2 posted, due one week.
Week 3, Tuesday
"Thank You For Smoking"
Ethics Reflection, due end of term.
Week 3, Thursday
Commercial & Corporate Speech.
Resource: Commercial SpeechCommercial & Corporate Speech.
Quiz 3 posted, due one week.
Week 4, Tuesday
Commercial & Corporate Speech.
Commercial & Corporate Speech.
Week 5, TuesdayCopyright Law.
Week 5, Thursday
Trademark Law.
Quizzes 4 & 5, due one week.
Week 6, Tuesday
MLK, Civil Rights & Birth of the Modern First Amendment.
Week 6, Thursday
Libel Law.
Resource: Defamation
Week 7, Tuesday
Libel & Privacy Torts.
Quiz 6 & 7 posted, due one week.Week 7, Thursday
Paper Coaching
Week 8, Tuesday
TBA
FINAL EXAM PERIOD
8 a.m. April 29
PAPER DUE = HARD COPY
Congratulations!
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