| Broadcasting law |
| Section A: Introduction to broadcasting
law |
| ·
Broadcasting technologies |
| ·
Broadcasting and press regulation compared |
| · Public
service and commercial broadcasting: the United Kingdom and United
States compared |
| Section B: Regulating broadcasters
nationally |
| ·
Television and radio: allocating rights to broadcast |
| · UK
Communications Act 2003 and the Office of Communication
|
| · US
Broadcasting law and the Federal Communications Commission
licensing |
| Section C: Regulating television and
radio content |
| · Legal
rules: offensive and harmful content, political content and
comment, religious content, political advertising, advertising
|
| · UK
Broadcasting Standards Commission |
| · US
Broadcasting law and the Federal Communications Commission content
regulation |
| Section D: International regulation of
broadcasting |
| · World
Administrative Radio Conference |
| ·
Council of Europe Convention on Transfrontier Television
|
| ·
European Community/Union Broadcasting Directive |
Sequence:
Section A, followed by Section B, followed by Section C, followed
by Section D. |
Textbook:
David Goldberg, Anthony Prosser and Stefaan Verhulst (eds),
Regulating the Changing Media: A Comparative Study (Oxford
University Press: Oxford, 1998), ISBN: 0198267819.T. Barton Carter, Juliet Lushbough Dee, Harvey L. Zuckman,
Mass Communication Law 5th ed (West Publishing: Eagan, Minn.,
2000), ISBN: 031423831X. |
