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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Media law"”.
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Defamation, privacy & the ‘chill:’ A socio-‐legal study of the relationship between media law and journalistic practice in England and Wales, 2008-‐13
… expression in relation to defamation and privacy law and digital journalistic practice in England and Wales, over a five year period (2008--‐13). It examines media law in practice through interviews with legal specialists in defamation and privacy, close monitoring of online content, examination …
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Media law reforms: The quest to transform the Zambia national broadcasting corporation-ZNBC-From state owned and controlled media to a public service broadcaster
Media Law Reforms in Zambia have been intensified and in the last half of the last millennium, Zambia has seen a lot of developments in the media.The focus has been to open up the market for private radio, television and newspapers and magazines. But very few efforts have been made to try and …
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Media law reforms: The quest to transform the Zambia national broadcasting corporation-ZNBC-From state owned and controlled media to a public service broadcaster
Media Law Reforms in Zambia have been intensified and in the last half of the last millennium, Zambia has seen a lot of developments in the media.The focus has been to open up the market for private radio, television and newspapers and magazines. But very few efforts have been made to try and …
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America's Hidden and Ignored Drug Problem: Prescription Drug Abuse
… of prescription narcotics, primary research and media coverage into this topic revealed that numerous rural areas of Appalachia were greatly affected by this new problem. Even though this epidemic concerns numerous prescription drugs, the mass media, law enforcement (including the Drug …
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Ending the War? The Lebanese Broadcasting Act of 1994.
… witnessed the birth of its first audio-visual law: the Broadcasting Act of 1994. This Act was, according to the Document of National Reconciliation that ushered in the end of the Civil War, considered to be crucial in ending civil strife in Lebanon. The 1994 Act was also the first legislation …
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Emirati women journalists bargaining with patriarchy in search of equality
… and 1970s. In addition, the field of broadcast media and journalism has proven to be a challenging one for Emirati women to enter, due to socio-cultural constraints set by a patriarchal society that prefers the practise of traditional gender roles. To shed light on this phenomenon, this doctoral …
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Der Kampf um das digitalisierte Breitbandkabel
… der öffentliche Rundfunk - gegenüber teemedialen Anrufangeboten bevorrechtigt wird. Hintergrund dieser Sonderstellung ist nicht zuletzt die auf den Rundfunk zentrierte Medienordnung. Die Arbeit untersucht, ob diese Medienordnung und damit die Sonderstellung des Rundfunks noch zeitgemäß …
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Checking The Temperature: Where Does The U.S. Stand On Federal Shield Laws?
… history of attempts at passing a federal shield law for journalists in the United States, tracing back to when the need was originally recognized after the Supreme Court’s landmark Branzburg v. Hayes decision in 1972. The research also aims to help determine where journalists stand today, based …
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Political Satire and Political News: Entertaining, Accidentally Reporting or Both? The Case of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (TDS)
… decode its text?" The research identified flaws in the existing literature and the limits inherent to any similar endeavors. It became apparent that, due to TDS' comedic discourse and its host's political transparency, the primary text does not promote cognitive polysemy, because it offers …
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International news contraflow in the United States and Canada: struggles over North American media markets and regulation of Al Jazeera and China Central Television
In this dissertation, I examine news media contraflow, flows of news and information from historically underrepresented parts of the globe into advanced media systems. I assess North American governance of news media flows in light of increased availability of nonwestern news organizations. The …
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Law Enforcement’s Social Media Punitive Anomaly
… is a descriptive study of the misuse of social media in law enforcement from 2011 to present. The research will use a content analysis of social media policies coupled with survey of 10 questions administered anonymously to students at the Department of Criminal Justice Training. This mixed …
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Sounding the last mile: Music and capital punishment in the United States since 1976
Since the United States Supreme Court reaffirmed the legality of the death penalty in 1976, capital punishment has drastically waxed and waned in both implementation and popularity throughout much of the country. While studying opinion polls, quantitative data, and legislation can help make sense …