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1 online resource (375 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Chapter 1. New Media, Old Conflict -- Competing Principles -- The Globalized Conflict -- The Future of the Media-Privacy Conflict -- Chapter 2. Can Privacy and New Media Coexist? -- The Principles and Values of the Free Press -- Theories of Privacy -- The Media-Privacy Matrix: Beyond Theory -- Bringing Theory and Facts Together: How the Law Tries to Prevent Media Intrusion or Provide Remedies for It -- Chapter 3. Information, Power, and Intrusion -- The History of Information: Prelude to the "Press." |
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From the Enlightenment through the Romantic Period: Formalizing Freedom of the Press -- Early Recognition of Press Intrusions -- The New Media: 1980-Present -- The Future and Information Overflow in the Modern World -- Chapter 4. The Globalization of Information -- Global Perspectives and Philosophy -- Treaties -- Defining National Legal Standards: Whose Standards? -- Forum Shopping in Privacy and Press Cases -- Jurisdiction Wars -- Chapter 5. The Internet Defies the Gatekeepers -- Regulation of the Internet -- Internet Architecture: Physical Limitations and Controls |
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Application of Traditional Media Principles to the Internet -- Defamation and Anonymous Bloggers -- Gatekeepers -- Chapter 6. Is Everyone an iReporter? -- Free Press Principles for the New Media -- Free Expression Privileges: The Press versus the People -- Defining the Press in the United States: The Traditional Test -- Shield Laws and New Media -- Defining Journalists in the New World -- Chapter 7. New Media, Old Law? -- Legal Perspectives on Gathering Information in the New World -- Limits on Publication and Disclosure -- Chapter 8: The Future of Dignity and Privacy |
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The Good and Bad Consequences of the New Media -- The Playing Field for Privacy Rights -- Barriers to Privacy Protections and Remedies -- Why We Need to Protect Dignity -- Why the Disclosure of True Information Can Be Harmful -- Creating Remedies for the Future -- The Argument for Multiple Approaches -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
Balancing personal dignity and first amendment concerns has become increasingly challenging in the new media age, when, for example, bloggers have no editors and perhaps no moral restraints. Unlimited and unrestricted internet speech has left thousands of victims in its wake, most of them silenced after the media cycle moves on. While the history of free speech and press has noble origins rooted in democratic theory, how does society protect those who are harassed, stalked, and misrepresented online while maintaining a free society? Jon Mills, one of the nation's top privacy experts and advocates, maps out this complex problem. He discusses the need for forethought and creative remedies, looking at solutions already implemented by the European Union and comparing them to the obsolete privacy laws still extant in the United States. In his search for solutions, Mills closely examines an array of cases, some of them immediately recognizable because of their notoriety and extensive media coverage. In a context of almost instantaneous global communications, where technology moves faster than the law, Mills traces the sharp edge between freedom of expression and the individual dignity that privacy preserves |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-228) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Law.
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Online journalism -- Law and legislation -- United States
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Privacy, Right of -- United States
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Law
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Freelance journalism
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Mass media -- Law and legislation
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Online journalism
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Press law
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Privacy, Right of
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780813059310 |
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0813059313 |
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