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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780221403321

Titolo

Journalism and the debate over privacy / / edited by Craig L. LaMay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J. : , : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, , 2003

ISBN

1-135-62252-3

1-283-64229-8

1-135-62253-1

1-282-37466-4

9781410608921

9786612374661

1-4106-0892-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (168 p.)

Collana

Routledge Communication Series

Altri autori (Persone)

LaMayCraig L

Disciplina

175

Soggetti

Journalistic ethics - United States

Privacy, Right of - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Journalismand theDebate Over Privacy; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface: Craig L. LaMay; Part I: Theoretical Perspectives on Privacy and Free Expression; 1. The Social Construction of Privacy: Frederick Schauer; 2. The Structural Attributes of Press Freedom: Private Ownership, Public Orientation, and Editorial Independence: Randall P. Bezanson; Part II: Journalism and Privacy; 3. The Right to Be Let Alone: Anthony Lewis; 4. Why Journalists Can't Protect Privacy: Anita L. Allen

5. Law Breaking and Truth Telling: Formal Legal Doctrine and the Imbalance Between Intrusion and Revelation Claims: Rodney Smolla6. What's in a Name? Privacy, Property Rights, and Free Expression in the New Communications Media: Jane E. Kirtley; 7. Privacy, Property, and "Advertisements in Disguise": The First Amendment and the Right of Publicity: Craig L.  LaMay; The Contributors; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Journalism and the Debate Over Privacy situates the discussion of



issues of privacy in the landscape of professional journalism. Privacy problems present the widest gap between what journalism ethics suggest and what the law allows. This edited volume examines these problems in the context of both free expression theory and newsroom practice.  Including essays by some of the country's foremost First Amendment scholars, the volume starts off in Part I with an examination of privacy in theoretical terms, intended to start the reader thinking broadly about conceptual problems in di