Mass Communication Law
JB4163    Spring 2000

Joey Senat, professor

This home page is intended to supplement the course by providing online readings and access to useful resources. Items will be added as the semester continues. If there are links or information you would like added, please let me know. You can reach me via e-mail by clicking on my name.

Reading/Study Guides Cases for Brief: Review the list of cases and submit to me your top three choices as soon as possible. (First come, first served!) I will assign the cases on Jan. 19 Media Law Internet Resources: A collection of media-law related Internet resources intended to help students learn more about the media law topics they encounter during the semester.

Online Readings: Methods of Judicial Interpretation U.S. Supreme Court Notes USA Today articles Tactics, clerks influence court's agenda High court steers clear of controversy Justices give key role to novice lawyers Oklahoma Courts Oklahoma Appellate Courts Oklahoma Supreme Court Justices Bringing a Case Before the Appellate Courts Disposition of Cases Pending Before the Oklahoma Supreme Court First Amendment Theories "Hit Man" Case Excerpts from "Hit Man" Excerpts from Court Opinions First Amendment Protection for Different Media Extending the First Amendment to the Internet The First Amendment and Print, Broadcast, Cable and the Internet First Amendment & Students First Amendment & Public Schools 1st Amendment online: Do student editors at public universities shed their free speech in cyberspace? First Amendment & Pornography Overview of How Courts Have Defined Obscenity Tin Drum ruling Mainstream Loudoun v. Board of Trustees of the Loudoun County Library, 24 F.Supp. 552 (E.D.Va. 1998) Oklahoma Veggie Libel Law 4 Privacy Torts Oklahoma's Appropriation Statutes: Title 839.1-.3; Title 12-1448-1449 Privacy & Politicians Internet Privacy Additional Internet Privacy Notes PRIVACY of INTERNET COMMUNICATIONS: LEAVING FOOTPRINTS on the WORLD WIDE WEB Oklahoma Sunshine Notes Informational Privacy Notes Journalist's Privilege Oklahoma's Shield Law Study Guide: Oklahoma's Shield Law What should a reporter know before agreeing to protect someone's identity? Commercial Speech Proposed Tobacco Settlement U.S. Supreme Court and Commercial Speech

Joey Senat's Homepage

Joey Senat
School of Journalism & Broadcasting
Oklahoma State University