JRN 410 JRN Journalism

Week 5 - Final Research PaperFinal Research PaperThis Final Research Paper will cover a contemporary journalism or media law issue. You must select from one of the five topics below for the Final Research Paper.• Modern day protections: Measuring current standards of reporter-source privilege against New York Times vs. Sullivan• The blogs have it: Court decisions that thin the line between bloggers and trained journalists• “I am innocent”: Explor

JRN 410 Week 5 Discussion 2 | Assignment Help | Ashford University Week 5 - Discussion 2The FCCBored with seemingly endless political campaigns, the manager of television station WART announces that his station will no longer accept any political advertising. In fact, the station builds an entire promotional campaign around this idea: “Tired of political posturing and empty promises? Watch WART, a politics-free

JRN 410 Week 5 Discussion 1 | Assignment Help | Ashford UniversityWeek 5 - Discussion 1Historical PerspectivesWhen broadcasters in the 1920s welcomed government regulation, do you think they benefited from the government intervention? Why or why not? Do you think that these regulations have “kept with the times,” allowing for appropriate freedoms while maintaining appropriate privacies? Where do you see federal or s

JRN 410 Week 4 Quiz | Assignment Help | Ashford UniversityQuestion 1The criteria in the Ollman test for libelous opinion includeso the context of the remarks, the status of the speaker, and the nature of the audience.o the provability of the statement, the context of the remarks, and the status of the speaker. o the provability of the statement, the context of the remarks, and the ordinary meaning of the words.o all of the aboveQuest

JRN 410 Week 4 Discussion 2 | Assignment Help | Ashford UniversityWeek 4 - Discussion 2Blogging and Privacy ProtectionDoug anonymously posts a defamatory statement about Bob on a popular website called CampusTrashMouths.com. CampusTrashMouths.com acts, in essence, as a blog site open to anonymous posters at all times. Bob does not know, however, that Doug is the person who posted the statements about him because CampusTrashMouth.com does not iden

JRN 410 Week 4 Discussion | Assignment Help | Ashford University Week 4 - Discussion 1Howard Cunningham Is Being Appointed for Office!In 1968 Howard Cunningham was charged in Daytona Beach, Florida, with having sex with a minor. Howard was a senior at the University of Tennessee enjoying a spring break when he had a brief fling with a young woman who, he said, told him she was a junior at the University of Michigan,

JRN 410 Week 3 Assignment Help | Ashford UniversityWeek 3 - AssignmentPublic No More: The Ventura Defamation CaseAfter reading The New York Times article, $1.8 Million for Ventura in Defamation Case (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., respond to the following:• Discuss the facts of the case (i.e., plaintiff, defendant, publication, date).• Discuss the concept of ‘identification’ in relation to libel in this case.• Discuss whet

JRN 410 Week 3 Discussion 2 | Assignment Help | Ashford UniversityWeek 3 - Discussion 2Public versus Private Figures and LibelAfter an unusual but heavy snowstorm hit Portland, Oregon in December and paralyzed the city for several days, citizens and the press alike criticized the city’s public works department for the failure to keep the roads clear. The Portland Patriot was especially vigorous in its condemnation. Here is part of one editorial t

JRN 410 Week 3 Discussion 1 | Assignment Help | Ashford UniversityWeek 3 - Discussion 1Is This Libel?After reading the assigned Chapters 4 through 6 of Mass Media Law and Errors Cast Doubt on a Baseball Memoir (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., answer the following questions:Identify the one best proof of fault you believe plaintiffs can make in this case?What is the one best defense you believe the author has for the me

JRN 410 Week 2 Quiz | Assignment Help | Ashford UniversityQuestion 1A primary goal of free speech in the marketplace of ideas theory iso discovery of the truth.o improved self-government.o the voting of wise decisions.o self-realization through speech.Question 2What is the Supreme Court doing when it issues a writ of certiorari?o It is rejecting an appeal to rehear a case, noting that it is certain its first ruling was correct.o It is agreeing