We will take notes on Broadcast Journalism Law/Ethics

1. What are the 5 freedoms of the 1st amendment?
Freedom of speech, Religion, Press, Assembly, Petition

2. What is the Tinker Standard?
Tinker Vs. Des Moines school district, Black armbands in 1965, student speech cannot be censord as long as it does not "materially disrupt class work or involve substantial disorder or invasion of the rights to others"

3. What is the Frasier Standard?
Bethel School District vs. Frasier, Innapropriate speech for class president
Because the school officials have an "interest in teaching students the boundries of socially appropriate behavior," they can censor student speech that is vulgar or indecent, even if it does not cause a "materialor substantial disruption."

4. What is the Hazelwood Standard?
Hazeelwood School District vs. Kuhlmeier (1988) censor stories in student newspaper about teen pregnancy and divorce.
Censorshipof school sponsored student expression is permissible when school officials can show that it is "reasonably related to legitimate pedagogical concerns."

5. What is the Frederick Standard?
January 2002, Olympic torch travels through town
Principal Morse cancels school
Senior Fredrick unveils banner on side walk across street which reads "Bong hits 4 jesus"
suspended for ten days


6. What is the definition of libel?
liable and slander are legal terms for false statements of fact about a person that are pirnted or spoken.
1. it defames some ones character, false statement of fact, published, hursts rep, printed.