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OHIO University Graduate Catalog 2021-22 [Archived Catalog]

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COMS 5320 - Responsibilities and Freedom of Speech in Communication

Ethical and rhetorical implications of constitutional guarantees on political, social, and religious speech; analyses of significant legal cases on freedom of expression.

Requisites:
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Articulate a personal code of communication ethics to guide the personal and professional communication decisions they will make in functioning as members of a free society.
  • Identify the strains and potential conflicts between “rights” of speech and press as developed in US law and the less well articulated, but equally basic, rights to have personal freedom of religion, equal opportunities, and privacy.
  • Summarize the historical development of free speech and press in the United States.


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