76063 Media Law

6cp

Requisite(s): 70311 Law of Torts

There are also course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.

Undergraduate
Subject coordinator: K Gould

This subject looks at legal regulation of media content. Throughout the subject, students analyse laws that restrict what the media can publish or distribute. Topics include freedom of speech, defamation, contempt, hate speech and vilification, obscenity and pornography, sedition and the regulation of the internet. Through close examination of cases and literature, students are required to critically consider the nature of power, democracy and liberalism, as they relate to law and the mass media.

Fee information

2007 contribution for post-2004 Commonwealth-supported students: $1,041.62
2007 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,472.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.125
Note: The above fees are applicable in 2007 for Commonwealth-supported students who commenced after 2004 and domestic fee-paying undergraduate students only. Pre-2005 Commonwealth-supported students should consult the Student contribution charges for Commonwealth supported students webpage.
Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth supported places, and not all subjects are available to Commonwealth supported students. Domestic fee-paying students and international students should refer to the Fees webpage.

Access conditions

Note: The requisite information presented in this subject description covers only academic requisites. Full details of all enforced rules, covering both academic and admission requisites, are available at Access conditions and My Student Admin.