Media Law for JournalistsRoutledge, 2020 M09 22 - 330 pages This book is both an introductory text and reference guide to the main issues facing journalists today, including social media, fake news, and regulators. The text covers the law of the United Kingdom – including Scots and Northern Irish devolved legislation – as well as human rights and EU laws. This book covers essential areas such as: privacy, confidentiality, freedom of expression and media freedom, defamation, contempt of court, regulation of the print press and broadcast regulation as well as discussions on fake news and how to regulate online harm. There is a section on intellectual property law, covering mainly copyright. Court reporting and how to report on children, young people and victims of sexual offences receive particular attention in this book with relevant cases in user-friendly format. The engaging writing style is aimed to enthuse students, practitioners and lecturers with plenty of examination and practice materials. The text is packed with extensive learning aids including case studies, boxed notes, sample examination questions, appendices of statutes and cases and a glossary. It is intended as a complete course textbook for students and teachers of journalism, media, communications and PR courses, focusing on diploma courses, NCTJ examinations and broadcast journalism courses such as the BJTC. The book’s international focus would also make it ideal reading for journalists from across the world who are working in the UK. The book presumes no prior legal knowledge. |
Contents
Internet sources and useful websites | |
The legal systems in England and Wales Scotland and Northern Ireland | |
privacy and media freedom | |
Lambert and Others v France Application no 4604314 2015 Grand Chamber | |
A FC and others FC v Secretary of State for the Home Department X FC | |
Albert Prince v Strange 1849 1 Macnaghten Gordon 25 1849 41 ER 1171 | |
Russia Application no 1544909 2019 Strasbourg 8 October 2019 | |
Ferdinand Rio v Mirror Group Newspapers Ltd 2011 EWHC 2454 66 | |
Italy 1998 26 EHRR 357 ECtHR 170 | |
English 1982 2 All ER 903 1982 3 WLR 278 HL 151 | |
HM Solicitor General v Cox 2016 EWHC 1241 155 | |
Harkins and AG v Liddle 2013 EWHC 1455 Admin 155 | |
ITV Central Ltd 2008 EWHC 1984 Admin 148 | |
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Cox and Griffiths Cox Petitioner and another 1998 SCCR 561 150 | |
Persons Unknown 2010 EWHC 119 John Terry superinjunction 65 | |
Defamation | |
Duke of Brunswick v Harmer 1849 14 QBD 184 82 | |
Forbes Inc Michaels 2000 UKHL 25 HL 83 | |
British Broadcasting Corporation Scotland 2014 UKSC 25 UKSC 162 | |
Chambers Paul v Director of Public Prosecutions 2012 EWHC 2157 Admin 96 | |
Ewing Terence Patrick v Times Newspapers Ltd 2010 CSIH 6 Inner House | |
Court reporting | |
1 HT 2 London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham 3 M by | |
Guardian News and Media Ltd and others in Her Majestys Treasury v | |
Contempt of court | |
Flood Gary v Times Newspapers Ltd 2012 UKSC 11 UKSC 92 | |
BBC 1996 EMLR 267 CA Civ Div 81 | |
Mosley Max v Newsgroup Newspapers Ltd 2008 EWHC 1777 63 68 | |
Social media and fake news | |
Regulators | |
Intellectual property | |
Independent News and Media Ltd v A 2010 EWCA Civ 343 CA Civ Div 129 | |
Bibliography | |