COMM 171
Theories of Freedom of Speech and Press
Description: Lecture, three hours. Exploration of relationship between freedoms of speech and press and values of liberty, self-realization, self-government, truth, dignity, respect, justice, equality, association, and community. Study of significance of these values examined in connection with issues such as obscenity, defamation, access to media, and control of commercial, corporate, and government speech. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Spring 2025 - Best class I have taken at UCLA. Super involved lectures and very interesting if you are even remotely interested in free speech or supreme court precedent. He welcomes all viewpoints and encourages class involvement. Huppin is extremely intelligent and provides insightful perspective. Super genuine guy and funny guy. He has a law degree from Stanford. I am certainly planning on taking future courses by him. Midterm and Final are very manageable but ready every single reading he posts. Most are very interesting and informative while being reasonably short. Also one short paper that he grades generously assuming you make a good faith effort. It is just an opinion piece requiring zero outside sourcing. You should really take this class if you are on the fence. Again, best class I have taken at UCLA.
Spring 2025 - Best class I have taken at UCLA. Super involved lectures and very interesting if you are even remotely interested in free speech or supreme court precedent. He welcomes all viewpoints and encourages class involvement. Huppin is extremely intelligent and provides insightful perspective. Super genuine guy and funny guy. He has a law degree from Stanford. I am certainly planning on taking future courses by him. Midterm and Final are very manageable but ready every single reading he posts. Most are very interesting and informative while being reasonably short. Also one short paper that he grades generously assuming you make a good faith effort. It is just an opinion piece requiring zero outside sourcing. You should really take this class if you are on the fence. Again, best class I have taken at UCLA.
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