Media Law And Policy In The Internet Age

Acknowledgements......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
List of Contributors......Page 14
Table of Cases......Page 16
Table of Legislation......Page 24
Introduction......Page 32
Part A: 
Conceptual Perspectives of Media Law and Policy......Page 42
Introduction......Page 44
Challenges to Media Freedom in the Internet Age......Page 45
Media Law in the Internet Age: Opportunities......Page 52
Concluding Observations......Page 56
Introduction......Page 58
Televising Courts......Page 59
Social Media......Page 61
The Judicial Communication Office and Media Panel......Page 63
Conclusion......Page 67
The Defamation Act 2013......Page 68
Speech Crimes......Page 74
Independent Press Regulation and the Leveson Report......Page 76
Conclusion......Page 78
Independence of the Press as a Constitutional Necessity......Page 80
Conclusion......Page 88
Part B: 
Media Law Reform and Defamation......Page 90
Rethinking Reynolds: Defending Public Interest Speech......Page 92
Reynolds to Section 4......Page 93
The Terms of Section 4......Page 96
Parliamentary Debates......Page 98
Stronger than Reynolds?......Page 100
A Second Generation of Reform?......Page 102
Conclusion......Page 103
The Long Road to the Responsible Communication Defence......Page 106
Modernising the Fair Comment Defence......Page 115
Defamation Law and the Internet......Page 118
The Law of Jurisdiction: The Next Capital of Libel Tourism?......Page 120
The Serious Harm Test......Page 121
Related Causes of Action......Page 122
Conclusion......Page 124
The Internet and Politics in the Development of Hong Kong Defamation Law......Page 126
The New Media......Page 128
Website Hosts and Discussion Sites......Page 129
Automated Internet Search Suggestions......Page 132
Public Interest......Page 133
Reportage......Page 137
Other Defences......Page 139
Damages......Page 140
Conclusion......Page 142
The First Phase: 1979 to 2001......Page 144
The Second Phase: 2001 to 2013......Page 145
The Philippine Supreme Court on Cyber Libel: Lost in Overbreadth......Page 158
The Philippine Law on Libel......Page 159
The Adonis Challenge to the Cybercrimes Prevention Act......Page 160
The Legal Challenge......Page 162
Decision of the Court......Page 164
Concluding Observations......Page 168
Introduction......Page 172
Facts of the Case......Page 173
Journalists\" Ethics......Page 174
Hearing History......Page 175
The Law at the Time of Appeal......Page 177
Court of Appeal\"s Decision......Page 182
Comment on the Court of Appeal\"s Decision......Page 185
Conclusion: Why, When and Who?......Page 191
Part C: 
Legal Regulation of the Media and Internet......Page 194
Elements of the New Media Landscape......Page 196
Visions of Political Power in the Digital Age......Page 199
Technology as Media Control Regulation......Page 202
Elements of a New Media Governance Framework......Page 206
Outlook......Page 210
What the PCC Did......Page 212
The PCC in Transition......Page 213
The Political Impasse......Page 214
The Virtues of Self-regulation......Page 215
Introduction......Page 218
Media Ownership......Page 219
Character of New Zealand Media......Page 220
Legal Restrictions on Media Freedom......Page 222
Regulation of Online Media-New Zealand Models......Page 227
Conclusion-a Mess or a Map?......Page 239
Introduction......Page 242
History of the Common Law......Page 243
Legislative Protections......Page 248
Steps by the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC)......Page 251
June 2014 ALRC Inquiry......Page 254
Future Directions?......Page 255
Introduction......Page 258
Public Perceptions Regarding Freedom of Expression......Page 260
Barriers to Freedom of the Press......Page 261
Televisual Media and Politics......Page 264
Conclusion: Two Faces of Freedom of the Press in Indonesia Today......Page 265
Index......Page 268