Media law, ethics, and policy in the digital age / / Nhamo A. Mhiripiri, Tendai Chari [editors]

• Autore: Mhiripiri Nhamo A.
• Pubblicazione: Hershey, PA : , : Information Science Reference, , [2017]; �2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxii, 330 pages) : color illustrations
• Disciplina: 175
• Soggetto topico: Mass media - Law and legislation; Mass media - Moral and ethical aspects; Mass media policy
• Soggetto non controllato: Cybercrime; Freedom of information; Invasion of privacy; Media ownership policy; Media regulatory models; Muckraking; User generated content
• Persona (resp. second.): MhiripiriNhamo A.; ChariTendai
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Media law, ethics, and policy in the digital age
• ISBN: 9781522520962; 9781522520955
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910159445503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Premier reference source.; Advances in media, entertainment, and the arts (AMEA) book series.