Section Information
Section Description Provided by Instructor
Admission by instructor permssion. Send your CV and a statement of interest to Prof. Wu by Monday, Nov. 19, 2012.
The course is co-taught with Prof. Jonathan Knee of the Business School, and enrollment will be divided between Law and Business students.
The course is designed to introduce law and business students to the unusual regulatory and business conditions and challenges in the media industries. A variety of topics are covered including intellectual property, the history and structure of the media industries, communications regulation, strategies of integration and consolidation and patterns of innovation in the media industry.
The textbooks for the class are: The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires (TMS) by Tim Wu and The Curse of the Mogul: What's Wrong with the World's Leading Media Companies (COM) by Jonathan Knee, Bruce Greenwald and Ava Seave. The reading assignments for class combine chapters of the book with relevant background materials for most weeks.
Coursework will be:
-Class participation in case discussions. (10%)
-Graded homework - which must be handed in at the beginning of class the day
the case is being discussed (see below for details) (15%)
-A final examination (75%)
Semester
Spring 2013
Section
001
Schedule
T 5:45p - 9:00p
Location
None
Points
3.0
Method of Evaluation
Exam
(Class)
J.D. Writing Credit
No
Course Limitations
Pre-requisite Courses
None
Co-requisite Courses
None
Recommended Courses
None
Other Limitations
Admission by instructor permssion. Send your CV and a statement of interest to Prof. Wu by Monday, Nov. 19, 2012.
Learning Outcome Goals
No learning outcome goals have been provided.
