Media and Communications Industry Regulation - LAWS8054
Faculty: Faculty of Law
School: Faculty of Law
Course Outline: See below
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2
Enrolment Requirements:
Academic Program must be 9231 or 5231 or 9220 or 5750 or 9200 or 5740 or 9210 or 9230 or 9214 or 5214.
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
LLM Specialisation
Recommended Prior Knowledge
Course Objectives
Main Topics
- Intro to key technical concepts and systems in telecommunications
- Access to infrastructure, services and spectrum.
- Interconnection issues and pricing
- Anti-Competitive conduct
- Consumer Protection mechanisms
- Role and powers of ACMA
- Digitally delivered television, radio and new services
- Media Ownership and Control policy, rules and regulations
- Models of content regulation across delivery platforms
- Classification systems, codes, standards and licence conditions
- Non-broadcasting services and cracks in the regulatory system
Assessment
- Class presentation 40%
- Research Essay 60% (3000) words