COMS233-22S2 (C) Semester Two 2022

Media Law for Journalists

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 18 July 2022
End Date: Sunday, 13 November 2022
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 31 July 2022
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 2 October 2022

Description

By the end of this course students are expected to have a basic understanding of the range and impact of laws and regulations restricting the media and journalists in New Zealand, including their underpinning principles.

Prerequisites

Limited Entry: Subject to admission to the Journalism Major and permission from the Head of Department.

Restrictions

Course Coordinator

Tara Ross

Lecturer

Ursula Cheer

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Portfolio of court stories 40% 3 court stories, from 3 separate cases.
2 x Tutorial assignments 10% You will be assigned court report writing tasks, which we will workshop in class.
Field Trip Assignment 10% We aim to attend the Christchurch courts as a class, where you will take notes from the courtroom and write a court report.
Law Exam 40% Open book exam

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Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $904.00

International fee $3,705.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

Limited Entry Course

Maximum enrolment is 25

For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .

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