Zero Textbook Cost Syllabus for COM 3045 (Communication, Law, and Free Speech)

From pornography to political speech, from the lewd to the libelous, and everywhere in between, the law is forever drawing lines that divide protected speech (what you can say in America) from unprotected speech (what you cannot say in America). This is an interdisciplinary course that draws on philosophical, legal, and rhetorical theories of communication to help explain how those lines are drawn. Readings include famous court cases involving freedom of speech, as well as political and philosophical writings on all sides of the free speech debate. This course is part of the required core for the Communication Studies Major, may be used as an elective in the Corporate Communication major, or in the Tier III minor in Communication Studies. This course is cross-listed as PHI 3045