Free Speech and the Challenge of Social Media
Course: GED2200
This course is part of the following part-time on campus and/or online program(s):
- Business - Accounting
- Business - Marketing (Year 1)
- Business Administration - Accounting
- Business Administration - General Business
- Business
- Computer Programming
- Early Childhood Education
- Community and Justice Services
- Child and Youth Care (Year 1)
- Business Fundamentals
- Computer Programming and Analysis
- Fitness and Health Promotion
This course will allow students to explore social media and its effects on free speech and public discourse in contemporary society. It will cover the philosophical foundations of free speech, the legal and institutional expressions of free speech in modern democracies, the characteristics of social media infrastructure, how our society's free speech is being influenced if not transformed by this infrastructure, and perspectives on the need, or not, for "regulatory fixes" advanced from different viewpoints.
| FALL 2026 |
| Online Learning |
| Section | Date(s) | Mode | Domestic Fees | Registration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 800 | Sep 8 - Dec 15 | Online | $374.66 |  |
Please Note: Off-shore international students enrolling in online courses will be subject to an international premium fee per course registration.
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