Media Studies 104A: Freedom of Speech and the Press (Spring 2012, UC Berkeley): Lecture 12

Media Studies 104A: Freedom of Speech and the Press

Media Studies 104A: Freedom of Speech and the Press (Spring 2012, UC Berkeley). Taught by Professor William Bennett Turner, this course considers the history and contemporary meaning of the First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and the press. Emphasizing the real world implications of major Supreme Court decisions, the course examines restrictions on speech and press imposed by national security, libel, injurious speech, and privacy, as well as issues of access to information and government regulation of new media.

Lecture 12 - New York Times vs. Sullivan

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Lecture 01 - Introduction, What to Expect

Lecture 02 - Features of Legal System Affecting Freedoms of Speech and Press

Lecture 03 - First Amendment Case

Lecture 04 - Political and Corporate Speech

Lecture 05 - Subversive, Symbolic and Protest Speech

Lecture 06 - Symbolic and Protest Speech (cont.)

Lecture 07 - Prior Restraints: Pentagon Papers

Lecture 08 - Finish Prior Restraints; WikiLeaks

Lecture 09 - Disfavored Speakers: The Funeral Protest Case: Dannie Martin

Lecture 10 - Jehovah's Witnesses Cases and U.S. vs. Stevens