Six UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication graduate students and one faculty member have had media law research papers accepted for presentation at the Southeast Colloquium for the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication in Columbia, S.C., March 17-19, 2011. Among their papers are the first and second-place prize winners in the student paper competition.
These are the authors and the titles of their papers:
- Jonathan D. Jones (M.A./J.D. dual-degree student), top student paper, “Personal Jurisdiction and Internet Libel: Why the First Amendment Should Have a Role in the Decision to Exercise Jurisdiction.”
- Roxanne Coche (Ph.D. student), second-place student paper, “Blurring and Tarnishment: How Federal Court Have Applied the 2006 Trademark Dilution Revision Act Standards.”
- Scott Parrott (Ph.D. student), “Does ‘Free Press’ Mean It’s Free to Use? Fair Use and the Unauthorized Reproduction of News Content Online.”
- Gillian Wheat (master’s student), “Retransmission Consent: An Exploration of its Past, Present and Future.”
- Lydia E. Wilson (master’s student), “Felony Use of an Audio-Enabled Video Phone or Political Speech? All-party Consent Anti-Wiretapping Statutes and the Public’s Right to Monitor Police Work.”
- Stephanie Soucheray-Grell (master’s student), “The Drug-Maker and the Doctor: Recent FDA Warning Letters and Direct-to-Professional Promotional Speech.”
- Debashis “Deb” Aikat, associate professor, with Nikhil Moro of the University of North Texas, “Adjudicating Libel: Freedom of Expression Theory in the Digital Age.”
Congratulations, everyone!