CMST 2BB3 Final: Final Exam Review

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: CMST 2BB3
• Professor: Christine Quail

Document Summary

A person well known for their knownness skilled in the marginal differentiation of their personalities : inauthentic, fabricated, trivia of personality, human pseudo event, denotes cultural shift: substance over reality; image; simulation. Defamatory content: harms the reputation of a person as to lower her/his esteem in the community, key: must be beyond something that a person thinks is embarrassing, unpleasant or mean, photo shopped image counts as defamatory content. Libelous per quod (w/ additional facts: overall context matters in this case, sometimes its not a particular word but the way the story is put together, headlines maybe the headline is libelist it could change the whole story outlook, natural effect on the average reader/listener because everyone"s sensitivity differs some people are overly sensitive and other may be not as sensitive so the average must agree, defamation by implication overall context of the story could lead someone to make a false conclusion about someone.