This course aim is to introduce communication laws and ethics to the student. This includes analyses of the communication legal (including policy) and ethical issues with respect to the media industry in the Malaysia context. The course scope cover introduction to the legal system in Malaysia, laws that regulate the media (both traditional and new media specifically cyber laws), and journalism ethics in Malaysia. Since there is decision-making with public interest nowadays seen takes place outside of formal legal structures, the course includes within its purview: principles that should or do underlie laws and regulations, awareness for existing and new laws and regulations, and the debates over press freedom practice through which policy is implemented.