Course overview
This course explores the legal, ethical and policy regulations and issues affecting media practice. Students will examine how legal and ethical considerations align, intersect and conflict, and consider their impact upon media practitioners, industries and society. Students will analyse approaches to media governance and ethical decision making and analyse the effectiveness of current policies and approaches in adapting to technological and societal change.
- Contempt, courts and crime
- Privacy and confidentiality
- Ethical reasoning in practice
- Representation, diversity and responsibility
- Communicating about sensitive issues, understanding trauma and professional self-care
- Integration and reflection
- Introduction: Why law, policy and ethics matter
- Media governance, policy and platform regulation
- Copyright and intellectual property
- Defamation
Course learning outcomes
- Understand and analyse the media laws, policies, and regulatory frameworks in Australia, explaining how they enable or constrain effective media environments.
- Understand the legal obligations, rights, and ethical considerations affecting media practitioners in the execution of their professional duties.
- Critically evaluate the challenges and limitations of applying existing media laws and regulations and ethical codes and guidelines to emerging digital and new media environments.
- Develop critical thinking skills to identify and navigate the complex issues associated with media regulatory frameworks and ethical practice.
Availability
Class details
Adelaide City Campus East
Group 1
Class number 24061
Section TU01
Size 30
Available 10
Class number 24060
Section TU02
Size 30
Available 10
Class number 24059
Section TU03
Size 30
Available 9
Class number 24058
Section TU04
Size 30
Available 6
Class number 24057
Section TU05
Size 30
Available 6
Class number 23772
Section TU06
Size 30
Available 5
Class number 30996
Section TU07
Size 20
Available 1
Class number 30995
Section TU08
Size 30
Available 7
Magill
Group 1
Class number 23771
Section TU06
Size 20
Available 17
Class number 24054
Section TU01
Size 20
Available 13
Class number 23767
Section TU02
Size 20
Available 7
Class number 23768
Section TU03
Size 20
Available 8
Class number 23769
Section TU04
Size 20
Available 4
Class number 23770
Section TU05
Size 20
Available 9
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