Media The Law category: 455 books
New Media and Sport
International Legal Aspects
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2012
During the past decade, the media landscape and the coverage of sports events have changed fundamentally. Sports fans can consume the sports content of their choice, on the platform they prefer and at the time they want. Furthermore, thanks to electronic devices and Internet, content can now be created...
Amateur Media
Social, cultural and legal perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
The rise of Web 2.0 has pushed the amateur to the forefront of public discourse, public policy and media scholarship. Typically non-salaried, non-specialist and untrained in media production, amateur producers are now seen as key drivers of the creative economy. But how do the activities of citizen...
Social Media and the Law
A Guidebook for Communication Students and Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat allow users to connect with one another and share information with the click of a mouse or a tap on a touchscreen—and have become vital tools for professionals in the news and strategic communication fields. But as rapidly...
Mediating Human Rights
Media, Culture and Human Rights Law
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2014
Drawing on social-legal, cultural and media theory, this book is one of the first to examine the media politics of human rights. It examines how the media construct the story of human rights, investigating what lies behind the apparent media hostility to human rights and what has become of the original...
by Perkins Coie
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2015
Principal Author and Editor: Daniel C. Barr
This seventh edition of the Arizona Reporter's Handbook on Media Law was prepared by Perkins Coie LLP. This edition marks 34 years that Perkins Coie has represented the First Amendment Coalition of Arizona, Inc. and provided this Handbook to the Coalition's...
Public Service Broadcasting 3.0
Legal Design for the Digital Present
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2015
The digital media environment is characterized by an abundance and diversity of content, a multiplicity of platforms, new modes of content production, distribution and access, and changed patterns of consumer and business behaviour. This has challenged the traditional model of public service broadcasting...
Imagining Legality
Where Law Meets Popular Culture
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2011
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Imagining Legality: Where Law Meets Popular Culture is collection of essays on the relationship between law and popular culture that posits, in addition to the concepts of law in the books and law in action, a third concept of...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
The growing presence of digital technologies has caused significant changes in the protection of digital rights. With the ubiquity of these modern technologies, there is an increasing need for advanced media and rights protection. Media Law, Ethics, and Policy in the Digital Age is a key resource on...
New Media, Old Regimes
Case Studies in Comparative Communication Law and Policy
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2012
New Media, Old Regimes: Case Studies in Comparative Communication Law and Policy, by Lyombe S. Eko, is a collection of novel theoretical perspectives and case studies which illustrate how different communication law regimes conceptualize and apply universal ideals of human rights and freedom of expression...
by Daithí Mac Síthigh
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2017
Why should anyone care about the medium of communication today, especially when talking about media law?
In today’s digital society, many emphasise convergence and seek new regulatory approaches. In Medium Law, however, the ‘medium theory’ insights of Harold Innis, Marshall McLuhan and...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2017
The Internet brings opportunity and peril for media freedom and freedom of expression. It enables new forms of publication and extends the reach of traditional publishers, but its power increases the potential damage of harmful speech and invites state regulation and censorship as well as manipulation...
EU Internet Law
Regulation and Enforcement
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2017
This book provides an overview of recent and future legal developments concerning the digital era, to examine the extent to which law has or will further evolve in order to adapt to its new digitalized context. More specifically it focuses on some of the most important legal issues found in areas...
Law and Ethics for Today's Journalist
A Concise Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
Law and Ethics for Today's Journalist offers aspiring and working journalists the practical understanding of law and ethics they must have to succeed at their craft. Instead of covering every nuance of media law for diverse communications majors, Mathewson focuses exclusively on what's relevant for...
Media Law and Ethics in the 21st Century
Protecting Free Expression and Curbing Abuses
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2014
The exposure of the excesses of the tabloid press, the Leveson Inquiry and subsequent fears over relinquishing rights to free expression have highlighted the importance of serious journalism for a civilised society and a fully functioning democracy. This collection of writings brings together some of...