04208oam 2200613 450 991015944550332120190911103516.09781522520962electronic9781522520955print10.4018/978-1-5225-2095-5(OCoLC)978587504(MiFhGG)GVRL02TX(EXLCZ)99371000000101894120161129h20172017 uy 0engurun|---uuuuardacontentrdamediardacarrierMedia law, ethics, and policy in the digital age /Nhamo A. Mhiripiri, Tendai Chari [editors]Hershey, PA :Information Science Reference,[2017]�20171 online resource (xxii, 330 pages) color illustrationsAdvances in Media, Entertainment, and the Arts (AMEA) Book Series1-5225-2095-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Criminal defamation, the criminalisation of expression, media and information dissemination in the digital age: a legal and ethical perspective / Nhamo A. Mhiripiri, Jacqueline Chikakano -- Ethical pitfalls in the digital age: when the desire to "serve hot" gets in the way of verification / Tendai Chari -- To lie or not to lie: interrogating codes of conduct on photo ethics in the era of digital technologies / Bevelyn Dube -- Media-invented stories and outright lies a threat to journalism ethics and media credibility / Agnes Lucy Lando -- Ethical and legal challenges of election reporting in Nigeria: a study of four general elections, 1999-2011 / Tayo Popoola -- Copying, branding, and the ethical implications of rights in immaterial cultural goods / Ute M. Röschenthaler -- Intellectual property rights and the protection of Africa's traditional knowledge / Benjamin Enahoro Assay -- Overcoming the legal challenges of news reporting: a case study of a start-up news corporation / Jonathan Bishop -- Electoral polling and reporting in Africa: professional and policy implications for media practice and political communication in a digital age / Adebayo Fayoyin -- Digital media in Uganda: where regulation and freedom of expression contradictions are sharpest / Brian Semujju -- Citizen journalism on Facebook and the challenges of media regulation in Zimbabwe: Baba Jukwa / Collen Sabao, Vimbai Rejoice Chingwaramusee -- Naming crime suspects in the news: "seek truth and report it" vs. "minimizing harm" / Robin Blom -- Boko Haram insurgency in Cameroon: role of mass media in conflict management / Afu Isaiah Kunock -- Deferring citizens' "right to know" in an information age: the information deficit in Namibia / William Edward Heuva -- Rethinking information privacy in a "connected" world / Ufuoma Akpojivi."This book examines challenges, opportunities, issues, controversies and contradictions of digital technologies in relation to media law and ethics and how they play out in different socio-political and economic realities. Its aim is to critically interrogate issues, controversies, challenges and opportunities that digital technologies bring to bear on media and communications"--Provided by publisher.Premier reference source.Advances in media, entertainment, and the arts (AMEA) book series.Mass mediaLaw and legislationMass mediaMoral and ethical aspectsMass media policyCybercrimeFreedom of informationInvasion of privacyMedia ownership policyMedia regulatory modelsMuckrakingUser generated contentMass mediaLaw and legislation.Mass mediaMoral and ethical aspects.Mass media policy.175Mhiripiri Nhamo A.1220636Mhiripiri Nhamo A.Chari TendaiMiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910159445503321Media law, ethics, and policy in the digital age2825848UNINA