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31 Media L. Notes 1 (2002-2003)

handle is hein.journals/mdilwnts31 and id is 1 raw text is: Volume 31, Issue 1 Media law Notes Law Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication IRBs and Prior Restraint by Barbara K. Petersen South Florida 1998-99 Law Division Head petersenoichuma1.cas.usf.edu Law Division members in I attendance at the Miami AEJMC session on Institutional Review Boards and Prior Restraint were prepared to hear a discussion of such constitutional problems as vagueness, overbreadth, and probable lack of due process manifest in these federal regulations on research compliance. Panelists, on the other hand, did not address any part of the issue of prior restraint, instead giving the unmistakable message that it made no difference whether IRB rules were reasonable or 2 unreasonable. Their advice? Just Call for papers 2 Convention minutes Vice Head No Convention m Non-legal bibliography Head Notes by Penelope B. Summers tes Northern Kentucky University 3 osummers960.aol.com summersobtnku.edu inutes This year's convention is only just complete, and next year's is already beginning to take shape. Once again, the Law Division had good turnouts for its sessions ... with 6 as many as 68 at a single session, a mode of 24 and one secondarily co- sponsored session, which had only law division attendees. This speaks well for us in terms not only of how well we spend our deans' money, but also of how interested we are in sharing information and questions with follow them. Originally applied to medical research projects only, mission creep has found IRBs encompassing all types of academic research, including social science and journalistic studies. This problem raises serious First Amendment questions, which Law Division attendees at the AEJMC session hoped to explore further. Unfortunately, none of panelists addressed the prior restraint aspect of the session's topic. Three of the four panelists served on IRBs at their home universities. Their approach to the Miami convention panel was to provide tips on how researchers can get through the approval process. Recommendations included the suggestion that mass communications researchers Please turn to page 5 colleagues from other locales. Two factors in drawing people to both panel and research sessions were; the timeliness and diversity of suggestions from the membership last fall, and the active participation of both senior and junior scholars in research sessions. Deadlines are approaching for panel suggestions for next year, so it's time to think about what you would like to see on next year's schedule and get the ideas to Mike Perkins (mko37talbvucate.bvu.edu) as soon as possible. A thread that ran through this year's convention was the necessity to educate, not just our students and media professionals, but the general Please tum to page 4 Inside. Obituary

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