UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication students, faculty and alumni have had papers accepted for presentation in the Law and Policy Division at the AEJMC Southeast Colloquium being hosted by Virginia Tech University March 8-10. The papers were selected through a process of blind review.

Of the 20 papers accepted for presentation in the Law and Policy Division at the Colloquium, 11 have UNC-affiliated authors including the second-place student paper and the first and second place faculty papers. They are:

Student-authored papers:

“Student Online Speech Rights: The Dissolution of the ‘Schoolhouse Gate’ and How Courts Have Ruled in Online Student Speech Cases” by Cindy J. Austin (master’s student)

“An Analysis of FTC Cases Involving Substantiation of Health Claims in Food Advertising: Is the Standard Tightening to the Level of FDA Labeling Standards?” by Jeanne-Marie DeStephano (master’s student)

“A Moving Target: The Attorney-Client Privilege” by Tom Eppes (doctoral student)

“Prescription Drug Marketing to Physicians and the First Amendment” by Laura Marshall (master’s student)

“Food Industry Response to Proposed Guidelines for Self-Regulation of Food Marketing Aimed at Children” by Patrick Mustain (master’s student)

“Putting Media Contact Policies to the Facial Test: When Media Contact Policies are Constitutionally Permissible” by April Raphiou (doctoral student)

“Who are the Media? The Media Exemption to Campaign Finance Regulation” by John Remensperger (master’s student) (*second place student paper)

“Internet Advertising and Interactive Computer Services: Liability and Immunity as Provided by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act” by Christopher J. Vargo (doctoral student)

Faculty-authored papers:

“A Dangerous Distinction: The Deconstitutionalization of Private Speech” by Derigan Silver (alum) and Ruth Walden (faculty) (*second place faculty paper)

“The Real Story Behind the Nation’s First Shield Law: Maryland 1894-1897” by Dean Smith (faculty)

Alum-authored papers:

“The Case for Online Obscurity” by Woodrow Hartzog (alum) (*first place faculty paper)

Five UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication graduate students have had media law research papers accepted for presentation at the August 2011 convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.  One of the students, Roxane Coche, won third place in the student paper competition.  The judging was done through a process of blind review.  The convention will be in St. Louis, Mo.

These are the students and the titles of their papers:

Ph.D. student Kelly Davis:  “Unknown Knowns:  Judicial Review and Mosaic Theory in the Years of the George W. Bush Administration.”

Ph.D. student Roxane Coche:   “’Blurring’ and ‘Tarnishment’:  How Federal Courts Have Applied the 2006 Trademark Dilution Revision Act Standards.”  ** Third-place student paper.

Ph.D. student Scott Parrott: “Might This ‘Legal Attack Dog’ Have Much Bite?  Righthaven, Fair Use and the Unauthorized Reproduction of News Content Online.”

Ph.D. graduate and adjunct professor Dean Smith: “Journalist Privilege in 1929:  The Quest for a Federal Shield Law Begins.”

Master’s student Gillian Wheat:  “Retransmission Consent:  An Exploration of its Past, Present and Future.”