Course code
MACO 31453
Course Title
Media Law
Pre – requisite - None
Types/Status - Core
Learning outcomes:
At the end of the unit student should be able to:
Apply various theories connected with the study of media law and its application to the study of Mass Communication. The student will be a in position to obtain an overview of aspects pertaining to the relations between mass media and legal issues.
Course content
Definitions, Development of ethics leading to law, meaning and purpose of law, media regulation, public interest and constitutional provision, freedom of expression, state constitution, penal code, acts and regulations (print, electronic and new media),public performance act, media laws pertaining to agreements and declaration , right to information, study of human rights, defamation, intellectual property rights, pornography ,violence, obscenity,
Method of teaching and learning
Lectures, Tutorials, Workshops
Assessment
Examination [60%]
Assignments [20%]
Presentation [20%]
Recommended Reading
Selvakumaran, N, Edirisinghe, Rohan, (ed) (1998) Mass Media Laws & Regulations in Sri Lanka, AMIC, Singapore
Bloy, Media, (2007) Media Law, Sage, India
Zuckman, Hervey L…elal (ed) (1988) Mass Communication Law, West Publishing Co. USA
Wickramarathne, Jayampathi, (2006) Fundamental Rights in sri Lanka, A Stanford Lake, Colombo
Rozenberg, Joshua, (2005) Privacy & the Press, Oxford University Press
