Holly Kathleen Hall, assistant professor of journalism, won second place in the Association of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communications law division’s Innovations in the Classroom teaching competition.In a graduate-level “Advanced Communications Law” class that focuses on U.S. communication law, Hall devotes a week every semester to comparative media laws. Students are asked to choose a country and an area of media law in that country, research that legal topic and compare it with U.S. law, and present
their findings to the class.
Hall started implementing this idea partly because her school has been observing an increased presence of international students. But, she also felt, perhaps more importantly, that it is essential to acknowledge that we live in a global society and need to be aware of different cultural philosophies and approaches in media laws. She reports that the “self-discovery” aspect of this
project is critical and that this project enables students not only to recognize but also to celebrate the differences in perspectives, cultures, and philosophies around the world.
