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04/17/2008
ECA - Communication Law and Ethics Panels
Hi Everyone,
We invite you to join us for the 2008 Eastern Communication Association Communication Law and Ethics panels and business meeting. Our sessions, as always, will undoubtedly prove to be lively, enjoyable, and intellectually stimulating!
Eastern Communication Association 2008
Communication Law and Ethics Division Panels
TH MAY 1 (Session 2.33)
1:00-2:15
Freedom of Speech: Making a Difference in Democracy
Sponsor: Communication Law and Ethics
Chair: Pat Arneson, Duquesne University
"The United States Constitution: Oral and Written Argument"
Georgia Bedford, Duquesne University
"Freedom of Speech and Political Communication"
Bonnie Sanford, Duquesne University
"Civil Disobedience: The Exercise of Free Speech in the Civil Rights Movement"
Pat Arneson, Duquesne University
"A Call to Conscience: Martin Luther King, Jr. Speaks on Faith, Democracy, and Justice"
Todd Allen, Geneva College
This panel explores the theoretical tension between written and oral speech, recognizing the significance of ethics in the interpretation and application of political ideas in a democracy. These tensions are explored further in the advocacy and exercise free speech through civil disobedience.
FR MAY 2 (Session 3.31)
12:30-1:45
Analyzing Morse v. Frederick: The Status of Student Speech
Sponsor: Communication Law and Ethics
Chair: Donald Fishman, Boston College
Susan J. Drucker, Hofstra University
Thomas Flynn, Slippery Rock University
Gary Gumpert, Urban Communication foundation Jean Ann Streiff, Oakland Catholic High School Martin Wallenstein, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
In Morse v. Frederick (2007), the Supreme Court ruled that a high school principal may restrict student speech when that speech is reasonably viewed as promoting drug use. Both the language and the holding in the Morse decision are widely viewed as a major retreat from the expansive language in Tinker v. Des Moines (1969). This panel examines Morse v. Frederick and discusses the doctrine of student speech in the age of the Internet.
FR MAY 2 (Session 3.44)
2:00-3:15
Competitive Papers in Communication Law and Ethics
Sponsor: Communication Law and Ethics
Chair: Pat Arneson, Duquesne University
Respondent: Thomas R. Flynn, Slippery Rock University "From ‘Fighting Words' to ‘True Threats': Is There an Appropriate First Amendment Standard for Assessing Hateful Internet Postings?"
Brett A. Barnett, Slippery Rock University "Content Versus Time, Place, and Manner: What Makes a Difference in Ethical Free Speech?"
Jeanne M. Persuit, Duquesne University
"Corporate Social Responsibility: The Balance between Ethics and Economics"
Susan B. Malcolm, Robert Morris University "The Identity Game: Michel Foucault's Discourse- mediated Identity as an Effective Tool for Achieving a Narrative-based Ethic"
Steve Urbanski, West Virginia University This panel features competitive papers from the Communication Law and Ethics Interest Group.
FR MAY 2
BUSINESS MEETING
3:30 p.m.-4:45 p.m.
Communication Law and Ethics
SA MAY 3 (Session 4.32)
11:30-12:45
Rules Make a Difference: Legal and Ethical Issues of Communication and Cheating in Sports
Sponsor: Communication Law and Ethics
Chair: Gary Gumpert, Urban Communication Foundation "Apologia and Sports: Bill Belichick and the Spygate Controversy"
Dale Herbeck, Boston College
"Media and the Art of Sports Cheating"
Gary Gumpert, Urban Communication Foundation Susan Drucker, Hofstra University "In the Deed the Glory: Cheating, Scandal & the Dying Mythology of College Football"
Thomas R. Flynn, Slippery Rock University
New England Patriot's coach Bill Belichick's videotaping of the opposing team to steal signals is a variation on the theme of cheating in sports.
Signals are stolen and plays faked to evoke advantageous calls. Instant replay, Youtube, blogs, televised press conferences, interviews and Congressional testimony have increased the impact of cheating in sports.
SU MAY 4 (Session 5.12)
9:30-10:45
To Regulate or Deregulate: Technological Convergence, the Emerging Communication Industry, and the Future of FCC Regulation
Sponsor: Communication Law and Ethics
Chair: Mary Beth Earnhardt, Youngstown State University
Resolved: That the Federal Communications Commission is inadequate in rationale and organization to effectively regulate the emerging and future Communications Industry.
"Affirmative"
Donald Fishman, Boston College
Susan Drucker, Hofstra University
"Negative"
Jim Morrison, Western Connecticut State University
Thomas Flynn, Slippery Rock University
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent United States government agency established to regulate interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable. In 1996, the U.S. Congress anticipated the onset of technological convergence and established a new framework for telecommunications regulation. As technological convergence revolutionized the Communication Industry, policymakers must now consider whether policies adequately address present and future challenges. This panel addresses these issues in a traditional debate format.
Patricia Arneson, Ph.D.
M.A. Program Director
Dept. of Communication & Rhetorical Studies
Duquesne University
600 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15282
(412) 396-6445
arneson@duq.edu
