SOCIAL MEDIA PRACTICE AND LAW
LAW5SPL
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
In this subject students will examine the regulatory and legal framework of social media practice in Australia. Students will analyse the laws, policies and principles of the regulation of social media in the digital age, including the laws of defamation, freedom of information, ideas of open justice and contempt of court, and the regulation of social media ownership/advertising. In addition, students will compare the social media laws in Australia to other jurisdictions, including Canada and the United Kingdom, and place the regulation of social media in an international context. Topics may include case studies on social media and juries, privacy law and social networking, and offensive comments, censorship and freedom of speech.
School: La Trobe Law School (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Sara Smyth
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters
Available as Elective: No
Learning Activities: Online Group Exercises,Research Assignment
Capstone subject: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: Must be enrolled in LMLC or LMGB or LMLGBL or LMLI or LMCL or LMIBL or LML or LMGBL or have permission of Law School
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Quota Management Strategy: N/A
Quota-conditions or rules: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Minimum credit point requirement: N/A
Assumed knowledge: N/A
Career Ready
Career-focused: No
Work-based learning: No
Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A
Entire subject or partial subject: N/A
Total hours/days required: N/A
Location of WBL activity (region): N/A
WBL addtional requirements: N/A