Jun 28, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
[Archived Catalog]
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COMS 4604 - Responsibilities and Freedom of Speech in Communication
Ethical and rhetorical implications of constitutional guarantees on political, social, and religious speech; analysis of effects of famous legal cases on freedom of speech.
Requisites: Jr or Sr
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Summarize the historical development of free speech and press in the United States.
- Identify the strains and potential conflicts between “rights” of speech and press as developed in U.S. law and the less well articulated, but equally basic, rights to have personal freedom of religion, equal opportunities, and privacy.
- 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.
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