COMM 330-502
Case Study: Law & Policy
Due: 2/19/18
With the advancement of modern day technology, the regulating of media industries is a hot topic to discuss. We must take into account our 1st Amendment right to freedom of speech, but also the idea of censorship. Though the FCC regulates the media with basic laws and codes, are they successfully doing so throughout social media? As politics are becoming more involved with social media, there seems to be less regulation occurring. This can specifically be seen with FaceBook when libels, especially related to politics, are shared and the FCC is not able to shut down these dangerous claims before people are affected by them. I was able to use the arrest of Edgar Maddison Welch as an example of a libel tremendously affecting a FaceBook user.
To read more on Edgar Maddison Welch -->
Timmer, J. (2017). Fighting Falsity: Fake News, Facebook, and the First Amendment. Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal, 35(3), 669-705.
I enjoyed being able to teach the class about Law and Policy and also hear their feedback on my discussion questions. I believe the class was able to learn my viewpoint on how the FCC needs more power to regulate social media without being stopped by the 1st Amendment. Thought not everyone in the class liked the idea of allowing the government to intervene more than usual, I believe they understood where I was coming from with the examples I provided in my presentation. To answer the Question of the Week.... The FCC, though established way back in 1934, still has tremendous power today in regulating media and communication. But with all this power, they still fall short in regulating social media and ending dangerous libels.
Other sources used during my in-class presentation -->
Cornish, A. (Host). After A Terrorist Attack, Social Media
Can Cause More Harm Than Good. (2017, May
26). All Things Considered. Retrieved from http://link.galegroup.com.ezproxy.library.tamu.edu/apps/doc/A494526197/LitRC?u=txshracd2898&sid=LitRC&xid=2c7551b8
Royster, L. K. (2017). Fake News: Potential Solutions to the
Online Epidemic. North Carolina
Law Review, 96(1), 270-295
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