Media Law & Ethics (370-0-70)
Instructors
Craig Llewellyn Lamay
Meeting Info
Northwestern Qatar Room G-337: Tues, Su 10:00AM - 11:15AM (AST)
Overview of class
This course introduces students to basic normative and legal principles necessary to safely and responsibly produce media content anywhere in the world. It begins by locating principles of free speech and free press in international and regional human rights documents, and identifying the different types of legal and judicial systems. Topically the course examines offensive expression, from hate speech to blasphemy; copyrights; defamation and seditious libel; conceptions of privacy and seclusion; so-called rights of publicity; journalistic privilege; and the growing body of national freedom of information laws. Legal rules are almost always paired with normative concerns, and the course is necessarily comparative given NUQ's diverse student body. The course draws on legal texts and professional examples from around the world, but also examines in-depth Qatar's 1979 Prints & Publications law, Constitution and penal code.
Registration Requirements
- Prerequisites: None
- Open to juniors and above
- Open for crossâregistration
- Satisfies Media & Politics Minor
- Priority for Communication students in the Spring 2024 term
Enrollment Requirements
Enrollment Requirements: NUQ: MIT Juniors and above