Now in its second edition, Social Media and the Law examines how the rapid rise of social media use in Australia continues to pose unique challenges to established legal conventions across a number of different sectors of law.

Through the prism of sectors ranging from employment, copyright and defamation to the ACCC, privacy and the criminal justice system, this book examines the issues arising from the interactions between social media and the law and offers guidance to practitioners and students alike.

New to this second edition is a chapter on dealing with social media assets and accounts in an individual’s estate plan and the questions that should be considered.

Discussing such controversial issues as ‘shock jock’ Howard Stern, this book treats broadcast indecency as more than a simple regulatory problem in American law. The author’s approach cuts across legal, social, and economic concerns taking the view that media law and regulation cannot be seen within a vacuum that ignores cultural realities.

This cutting-edge book treats broadcast indecency as a social phenomenon challenging the policy approach of government regulation. It is an exploration of the political and social processes involved in the government control of mass media content. The author, using F.C.C. documents and other sources, studies the complex issue of broadcast indecency and its impact on the mass media and the public. He also challenges assumptions and attempts to place content issues within an international context and to project the future of regulation while offering practical advice to broadcast managers on how to deal with today’s broadcast indecency issues.

Jeremy Harris Lipschultz, Ph.D., is a former radio news director. He is currently an associate professor of communication and Graduate Program Chair in the Department of Communication, University of Nebraska at Omaha. He holds a Ph.D. in journalism from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and has been active in the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.

First book to give broadcast management the necessary social, political, and legal framework
Contains current and future trends in regulation and case law.
Offers guidelines for managing talent and programming.

CIRI-CIRI UTAMA:

Membincangkan statut-statut dan prinsip-prinsip undang-undang utama yang mengawal kebebasan bersuara dan media massa di Malaysia.
Membincangkan kes-kes utama yang mentafsir dan mengaplikasi perundangan-perundangan yang berkaitan dengan media massa.
Memberikan gambaran keseluruhan (overview) mengenai kawalan media massa dan kebebasan bersuara di Malaysia.
Menghuraikan peruntukan-peruntukan utama dalam instrumen-instrumen antarabangsa dan domestik mengenai kebebasan bersuara.
Menerangkan prinsip dan proses semakan kehakiman sebagai imbangan kepada kuasa kawalan media massa.
Undang-undang Media di Malaysia merangkumi perbincangan tentang kebebasan bersuara dan media, terutamanya media massa, dan kawalan kebebasan media di Malaysia. Buku ini membincangkan isu-isu perundangan yang sering timbul dalam amalan kebebasan media, termasuk fitnah, hasutan, rahsia rasmi, percetakan dan penerbitan, penghinaan mahkamah, serta penapisan filem dan kelucahan, yang merangkumi aspek jenayah dan sivil.

Terdapat juga perbincangan penggunaan media elektronik dari segi undang-undang, serta semakan kehakiman sebagai imbangan kepada sekatan kebebasan yang tidak wajar. Penulis-penulis menyertakan instrumen-instrumen perundangan antarabangsa dan domestik yang relevan dan kes-kes terbaru sebagai autoriti perbincangan dalam buku ini.

Buku in pasti membawa faedah kepada pengamal undang-undang baru, pengamal media seperti wartawan, penulis dan penyunting sama ada dalam media bercetak atau elektronik, serta penuntut-penuntut program sarjana muda undang-undang, media massa dan sains politik.