Media The Law category: 455 books
by Dr John Charney
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2018
This book explores the relationship between truth and freedom in the free press. It argues that the relationship is problematic because the free press implies a competition between plural ideas, whereas truth is univocal. Based on this tension the book claims that the idea of a free press is premised...
The Chamberlain Case
the legal saga that transfixed the nation
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2012
A baby disappears from a tent near Uluru in the sandy desert of central Australia. The Aboriginal trackers say she has been taken by a dingo. But amidst a melange of sinister rumours, suspicion falls on the parents, Lindy and Michael Chamberlain. There are no eyewitnesses, no body, no confession,...
Freedom of the Screen
Legal Challenges to State Film Censorship, 1915-1981
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2008
At the turn of the twentieth century, the proliferation of movies attracted not only the attention of audiences across America but also the apprehensive eyes of government officials and special interest groups concerned about the messages disseminated by the silver screen. Between 1907 and 1926, seven...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2014
This book presents the latest research on the challenges and solutions affecting the equilibrium between freedom of speech, freedom of information, information security and the right to informational privacy. Given the complexity of the topics addressed, the book shows how old legal and ethical frameworks...
by Ben Wagner
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2016
This book examines the changes in the governance of human expression as a result of the development of the Internet. It tells the story of the emergence of a global regime that almost completely lacks institutions, and develops a concept of ‘expression governance’ that focusses on the governance...
The Right to Information Act 2005
A Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2011
The Indian state till recently denied information about its functioning and decision-making to its citizens, ironically, using laws made during the colonial period. Apart from being an anomaly in a democratic set-up, it created an adverse impact on the quality of governance, accountability, and transparency....
The European Union as Guardian of Internet Privacy
The Story of Art 16 TFEU
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
This book examines the role of the EU in ensuring privacy and data protection on the internet. It describes and demonstrates the importance of privacy and data protection for our democracies and how the enjoyment of these rights is challenged by, particularly, big data and mass surveillance.
The...
Sounds of Belonging
U.S. Spanish-language Radio and Public Advocacy
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
How Spanish-language radio has influenced American and Latino discourse on key current affairs issues such as citizenship and immigration.
Winner, Book of the Year presented by the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education
Honorable Mention for the 2015 Latino Studies Best...
by Daniel Defoe
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2015
ALL Men pretend the Licentiousness of the Press to be a publick Grievance, but it is much easier to say it is so, than to prove it, or prescribe a proper Remedy; nor is it the easiest Grievance to Cure. To put a general stop to publick Printing, would be a check to Learning, a Prohibition...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
This book addresses the question of how to achieve social coordination in Socio-Cognitive Technical Systems (SCTS). SCTS are a class of Socio-Technical Systems that are complex, open, systems where several humans and digital entities interact in order to achieve some collective endeavour. The book...
Regulating the Web
Network Neutrality and the Fate of the Open Internet
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2012
Since its popularization in the mid 1990s, the Internet has impacted nearly every aspect of our cultural and personal lives. Over the course of two decades, the Internet remained an unregulated medium whose characteristic openness allowed numerous applications, services, and websites to flourish....
Collective Rights and Digital Content
The Legal Framework for Competition, Transparency and Multi-territorial Licensing of the New European Directive on Collective Rights Management
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2015
This book starts with an exercise, proposing a theoretical reflection on the technological path that, over time, has transformed the ways we produce, consume and manage intellectual content subject to copyright protection. This lays the groundwork for a further analysis of the main legal...
Frameworks for Modeling Cognition and Decisions in Institutional Environments
A Data-Driven Approach
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
This book deals with the theoretical, methodological, and empirical implications of bounded rationality in the operation of institutions. It focuses on decisions made under uncertainty, and presents a reliable strategy of knowledge acquisition for the design and implementation of decision-support...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
This book explores the potential benefits and disadvantages of geographical indication (GIs) registration schemes, analyzing the utility of GI registrations for the development and promotion of regional economies, both in national and international markets. The book draws on the van Caenegem, Cleary...