COM 404 Legal and Ethical Communications

This course explores the ethics, laws and issues that affect the media and various communications professions. Students will discuss many repetitive elements of ethical conduct in organizations and learn about laws and violations in a multimedia world along with court decisions and sources of laws. Students learn about the interrelated principles of professional communications and the code of ethics, First Amendment and Freedom of Speech, intellectual property rights, copyright and ethical obligations. Students will examine Supreme Court decisions and copyright law for communications and explain theoretical issues that pertain to PR and social media in a global environment. Pre-requisite(s): LAE 101 and LAE 102 with a grade of "C" or better or equivalent as determined by advisor and COM 104 and COM 105 or permission of academic advisor. Co-requisite(s): None 5 QH

Credits

5