Media Law Lecture (Tuesday, 1 December) Revision

Chris took the decision to start a week early in preparation for our media law test. Good decision in my eyes. Very beneficial and put our law skills to the sword, two weeks early.

It was nothing we hadn't learnt before, but the benefit of going through it, 'freshening' up the information we had processed in previous weeks.
In this overview, my intention is to provide some form of revision tool for the class, rather than just a normal blog describing, informing and discussing the content of the lecture.

1. Define 'malice'-writing down anything you know to be untrue. If malice, not allowed to defend yourself in a libel case.
2. Define 'public interest'-PCC, prior requirement for your reporting, information that could expose
3. Define 'innuendo'-when you make an allegation, but there is no evidence so you try to imply it (a form of malice)
4. Define 'juxtaposition'-when a false connection is made, usually by accident
5. Define 'defamation'-a publication that can lower somebody's reputation, with or without justification. It is something that could expose someone to ridicule, contempt or hatred, and it could expose someone to be shunned or avoided.
6. Define 'libel'-an article/broadcast that is defamatory. IDENTIFICATION-DEFAMATION-PUBLICATION
7. Three defences of libel-Justification, Qualified Privilege, Fair Comment
8. You must have prior permission before setting up a subterfuge situation
9. Define 'subterfuge'-sneakily not announcing you are a journalist, and sneakily not announcing that you are filming it
10. Ofcom guidelines state that broadcasts are not allowed any political affiliation.

Despite it being short and just the information we learnt in the lecture I hope this provides some kind of revision tool for myself and the group, if necessary, to practice and learn from before our test next week.

G.M