CMN2170- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 37 pages long!)
30 Nov 2017
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In this class, we are concerned with regulation. How does society regulate new uses of social media. Normative structures (socially based and governed expectations of behavior) Section 91 & 92 of the constitution act - Very important for the purposes of this class. Level of government regulates broadcasting - federal government. Radio broadcasting is up to the federal government to regulate. A gesture/public speech, some means of communicating meaning. The impugned (call into question) words must actually refer to the person. Harm occurs when an individual has been lessened as a consequence of those published words. Common law : civil proceeding, litigation between private individuals. Criminal code : state brings action against you for offences against society. What constitutes a communication via the internet in. This will help determine if the communication occurred in canada. A license/permit is an instrument that governments use to regulate. Provincial jurisdiction is the rule, federal jurisdiction is the exception.
