BEA2015

The Law & Policy Division's mission is to assist fellow teachers, researchers and practitioners in electronic media Law & Policy. Their goals and objectives are to foster ownership of the process of educating potential electronic media leaders and teachers about law; to prepare electronic media students for leadership roles by providing meaning to the phrase "the public interest, convenience and necessity"; to instill the notion of the "public interest" among potential users and leaders of the electronic media; to help new teachers of L & P by initiating and continuing a dialogue about the process of teaching in this area; to foster discussion about the nature of the Curriculum of Law & Policy; to educate potential users about their responsibilities to use the mass media as mechanisms for social change and improvement; and to initiate research into the fields of Law & Policy.
Chair: David Deeley, University of North Florida
Panelists: Heather Polinsky, Central Michigan University
Kevin Johnson, California State University - Long Beach