JOUR3775

JOUR 3775 - Strategic Communication Law (3 Cr.) Civic Life and Ethics

JOUR 3775 - Strategic Communication Law (3 Cr.) Civic Life and Ethics

Course description

Learn practical legal skills and ethics as they pertain to marketing, public relations and advertising by focusing on the actions of the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Communications, and the Federal Elections Commission. Learn about the administrative process including adjudication and rule making. Learn through a range of legal, policy and ethics discussions ranging from the First Amendment, the regulation of commercial speech, advertising deception, substantiation of material claims, digital privacy, contesting, political advertising, and controls on native advertising and social media influencers.

Minimum credits

3

Maximum credits

3

Is this course repeatable?

No

Grading basis

OPT - Student Option

Lecture

This course fulfills the following Liberal Education requirement(s)

Civic Life and Ethics

Fulfills the writing intensive requirement?

No

Typically offered term(s)

Every Spring