Transfers ToCSUDescriptionStudents learn the federal, state, and local laws that most directly affect mass communication in the United States, focusing on a basic understanding of the American legal system, its institutions, and some of its terminology; a broad understanding of First Amendment principles as they relate to mass communication; and a working knowledge of the laws that directly restrict or enhance information gathering and message dissemination in the mass media, and an understanding of the rationales behind those laws. 