Full Description
Journalism Ethics and Law focuses on some of Australia's most notorious current events to bring to life the on-going conversation about journalism ethics and how the law works with today's media. Emphasising practical work-based approaches to developing best practice multimedia journalism; this book presents a combined ethics and law experience for journalism students. It includes interactive activities and tips developing further knowledge of journalism as a distinct media practice, as well as timely case studies aimed at highlighting the most significant questions for the practice of law and ethics today.
Contents
1 INTRODUCTION - ETHICAL BEGINNINGS, LEGAL ENDINGS; 2 AN ETHICAL IDEAL WORTH AIMING FOR: JOURNALISM AND BEST PRACTICE; 3 PRAGMATIC AND BOLD: THE JOURNALIST AND THE MEDIA; 4 ETHICAL STORIES: CODES, DISASTERS, AND DJS; 5 FREEDOM AS IDEA AND PRACTICE: ETHICS, 'HACKTIVISM' AND HUMAN RIGHTS; 6 TRIAL BY MEDIA I: WOMEN IN THE PRIVATE-PUBLIC DIVIDE; 7 TRIAL BY MEDIA II: CONTEMPT OF COURT AND THE ETHICS-LAW BALANCE IN JOURNALISM; 8 HURT REPUTATIONS: AUSTRALIAN RULINGS FROM SHOWER SCENES TO WAR CRIMES; 9 DEFAMATION DEFENCES; 10 ANIMAL RIGHTS AND PUBLIC INTEREST: HOW JOURNALISTS ADVOCATING FOR ANIMALS HELPED; SHAPE AUSTRALIAN LAW; 11 WHEN TROLLS RULED THE TWITTERVERSE: JOURNALISM AND SOCIAL MEDIA; 12 THE COMPETITION AND CONSUMER ACT FOR JOURNALISTS; 13 COPYRIGHT FOR JOURNALISTS; 14 CONCLUSION - CONTINUING JOURNALISM
