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MAC 462 Mass Communication Law

400 levelCommunication & Media10 topics

MAC 462 covers 10 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Legal framework of the mass media in Nigeria
  2. Constitutional provisions on freedom of expression
  3. The law of defamation: libel and slander
  4. Sedition and the media
  5. Contempt of court
  6. Right to privacy
  7. Obscenity and decency laws
  8. Copyright and intellectual property
  9. Official secrets and access to information
  10. Regulatory bodies and press laws

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Legal framework of the mass media in Nigeria

The legal framework of the mass media in Nigeria is the body of constitutional rules, statutes, regulations and court principles that define what the media may do, what limits apply, and how media organisations are supervised.

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