Explore the contemporary ethical and policy issues facing the transforming media industries and the American public. Examine a range of issues that new media and the Internet have complicated, rooted in an understanding of the First Amendment as well as the development of communication industries. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Only one of the following may be counted: Journalism 350M, Radio-Television-Film 365 (Topic: Media, Communication Law, and Ethics), 365C (Topic 1).