JTC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Media Regulation, First Amendment To The United States Constitution, Telephoto Lens

• School: CSU
• Department: Journalism + Tech Commun
• Course: JTC 100
• Professor: Joseph Champ

Document Summary

Regulation of us media rooted in colonial era. Right to property (intellectual property copy right) The audience expects journalists to inform (esp. about powerful) Western values of freedom, equality, honesty, truth, objectivity, etc. Holding journalists accountable when they make a mistake. Few examples of organizations to help make ethical guidelines: Why it used to be illegal to preform happy birth day to you . Warner music group owned rights ( million/year) 1: embarrassing private facts, false light (implying something is true when it"s not, appropriation (you can"t just use images of people when they don"t consent to it) Defamation: false statement that could hurt someone"s reputation. Slander: spoken or published to a small audience. However, it isn"t libel if the statement is: And journalist have more protection when the statement is about a public figure. If the first amendment will protect a scumbag like me, then it will protect all of you.