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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Mark Pearson |
ISBN: | 1865089141 9781865089140 |
OCLC Number: | 56525682 |
Description: | viii, 380 pages ; 23 cm |
Contents: | 1. Journalist and the legal system: Media law and ethics -- The legal system -- Freedom of the press -- 2. Reporting crime and justice: Open justice -- Contempt of court -- Dealing with the justice system -- Reporting the courts -- 3. Journalists and reputations: Identifying defamation -- Defending defamation -- 4. Journalists and information: Keeping secrets: confidentiality, sources and freedom of information legislation -- Intellectual property: protecting your work and using the work of others -- 5. Ethics and the law: Privacy and ethnicity -- The regulators -- Appendix 1. MEAA (AJA) code of ethics -- Appendix 2. Australian Press Council statement of principles. |
Other Titles: | Media law |
Responsibility: | Mark Pearson. |
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Abstract:
This fully revised and updated practical guide offers a comprehensive overview of aspects of law which relate to a journalist's work including defamation, contempt, confidentiality, privacy, trespass, copyright and regulation. Cases and examples are used to illustrate key points. Also included is an introduction to the legal system.
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