MC 2000 Chapter : Chapter 3 Vocabulary
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Commercial speech = messages that are designed to sell you products or services. Defamation = a highly disreputable or false statement about a living person or an organization that causes injury to the reputation that a substantial group of people hold for that person or entity. Libel = written communication that is considered harmful to a person"s reputation. Slander = spoken communication that is considered harmful to a person"s. Libel per se = words and expressions that are always considered libelous. Libel per quod = words, expressions, and statements that at face value, seem to be innocent and not injurious, but may be considered libelous in their actual contexts. reputation. Public figure = a person who is an elected or appointed official (a politician), or someone who has stepped (willingly or unwillingly) into a public controversy. Actual malice = reckless disregard for truth or knowledge of falsity. Simple malice = hatred or ill will toward another person.
