Media Law
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Media Law

Jacob Rowbottom

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Jacob Rowbottom

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Media law is a fast-developing area of scholarship that raises many high-profile and controversial questions. Recent issues include the use of privacy injunctions, the regulation of the press, the political power of media moguls, mass leaks of government information, and the responsibility of the digital media to prevent the spread of extreme content and fake news. This study looks at these issues and the key debates in media law. The book includes chapters examining the protection of personal rights to reputation and privacy, the administration of justice, the role of government censorship, the protection of the newsgathering process, the regulation of the media and the impact of digital communications. The analysis is grounded in an account of media freedom that looks at the important democratic functions performed by the media and journalism. Examining various key themes, this study shows how those functions continue to evolve in a changing political culture and also how the media are subject to a range of legal and informal constraints. The book asks whether the law strikes the right balance in protecting media freedom while preventing the abuse of media power, and considers the future of media law in the digital era. It is essential reading for students and scholars of media law alike.

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Publisher
Hart Publishing
Year
2018
ISBN
9781782256649
Edition
1
Topic
Diritto
Subtopic
Diritto dei media e dell'intrattenimento
CONCLUSION 
255
has 
been 
spoken 
to. 
For 
this 
reason, 
the 
protections 
afforded 
to 
newsgathering 
need 
to 
keep 
pace 
with 
technology 
and 
methods 
of 
surveillance. 
This 
shows 
that 
underlying 
this 
area 
is 
not 
a 
concern 
simply 
with 
journalists’ 
ethics 
in 
keeping 
promises, 
but 
in 
securing 
a 
space 
that 
preserves 
the 
process 
of 
acquiring 
and 
analysing 
data, 
which 
will 
in 
the 
long 
term 
produce 
the 
types 
of 
content 
that 
lie 
at 
the 
heart 
of 
media 
freedom.
Much 
of 
this 
book 
has 
been 
concerned 
with 
the 
abuse 
of 
media 
power 
and 
finding 
ways 
to 
make 
that 
power 
accountable. 
This 
chapter 
has, 
however, 
looked 
at 
the 
privi-
leges 
afforded 
to 
the 
media 
and 
looked 
at 
measures 
that 
could 
entrench 
media 
power. 
The 
two 
points 
are 
not 
contradictory 
and 
can 
fit 
together. 
In 
so 
far 
as 
the 
media 
does 
benefit 
from 
special 
privileges 
that 
shield 
it 
from 
some 
of 
the 
ordinary 
mechanisms 
of 
legal 
accountability, 
then 
it 
strengthens 
calls 
for 
the 
media 
to 
be 
subject 
to 
some 
other 
systems 
of 
accountability 
to 
prevent 
the 
abuse 
of 
power. 
The 
need 
for 
certain 
chan-
nels 
of 
media 
regulation 
may 
represent 
a 
trade 
off 
in 
which 
the 
media 
enjoys 
certain 
privileges, 
but 
is 
subject 
to 
some 
specific 
obligations. 
Those 
special 
regulatory 
rules 
that 
apply 
to 
the 
media 
will 
be 
the 
focus 
of 
the 
following 
chapter.

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