MECO3603 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Entertainment Law, Legal Awareness, Web 2.0
7 Aug 2018
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Key areas of media law: defamation, intellectual property, contempt, confidentiality, privacy and freedom of information. Social media literacy: a functional ability to use social media and understand its risks. Legal literacy: an understanding of the language and context of law. Jurisdiction: the "reach" of a particular state or country"s legal powers, alos applies to the power of a partic. Court to hear a civil or criminal case. Self-regulation: a particular profession"s system of rules and procedures. Media law reform: the process of revising existing laws and regulations affecting the media, and proposals for new ones. We do not incorporate new technologies without good reason - they meet needs (real or perceived): convenience, connectedness, security and knowledge. Core message is that we are all publishers in the eyes of the law and in that role citizens are now subject to laws that have affected journalists and publishers for centuries.
