Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

BCJ 401 — Mass Media Law and Ethics

BCJ department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• At the end of the course, student will be able to
• explain the concepts and philosophy of mass media law and ethics
• justify ethicality in mass media practice in relation to public affairs and media audience; and
• discuss the relevance of media regulation and the concepts of laws of public communication

Course contents

Study of the legal framework within which mass philosophy bearing upon the mass media, the development and constitutional growth of freedom of expression in Nigeria, the privileges and restraints affecting the mass media, libel, sedition, privacy, contempt, obscenity, copyright, etc. and government regulation.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study BCJ 401.

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