Media law, ethics, and policy in the digital age / Nhamo A. Mhiripiri, Midlands State University, Zimbabwe & St. Augustine University, Tanzania, Tendai Chari, University of Venda, South Africa.
2017
K4240 .M4338 2017 (Mapit)
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Media law, ethics, and policy in the digital age / Nhamo A. Mhiripiri, Midlands State University, Zimbabwe & St. Augustine University, Tanzania, Tendai Chari, University of Venda, South Africa.
Added Author
Mhiripiri, Nhamo A., editor.
Chari, Tendai, editor.
Chari, Tendai, editor.
Imprint
Hershey PA : IGI Global, [2017]
Description
xxii, 330 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Series
Advances in media, entertainment, and the arts (AMEA) book series.
Formatted Contents Note
Criminal defamation, the criminalisation of expression, media and information dissemination in the digital age : a legal and ethical perspective / Nhamo A. Mhiripiri, Jacqueline Chikakano
Ethjical pitfalls in the digital age : when the desire to "Serve Hot" gets in the way of verification / Tendai Chari
To lie or not to lie : interrogating codes of conduct on photo ethics in the era of digital technologies / Bevelyn Dube
Media-invented stories and outright lies a threat to journalism ethics and media credibility / Agnes Lucy Lando
Ethical and legal challenges of election reporting in Nigeria : a study of four general elections, 1999-2011 / Tayo Popoola
Copying, branding, and the ethical implications of rights in immaterial cultural goods / Ute M. Röschenthaler
Intellectual property rights and the protection of Africa's traditional knowledge / Benjamin Enahoro Assay, Ogwashi-Uku
Overcoming the legal challenges of news reporting : a case study of a start-up news corporation / Jonathan Bishop
Electoral polling and reporting in Africa : professional and policy implications for media practice and political communication in a digital age / Adebayo Fayoyin
Digital media in Uganda : where regulation and freedom of expression contraditions are sharpest / Brian Semujju
Citizen journalism on facebook and the challenges of media regulation in Zimbabwe : Baba Jukwa / Collen Sabao
Naming crime suspects in the news : "Seek truth and report it" vs. "Minimizing harm" / Robin Blom
Boko haram insurgency in Cameroon : role of mass media in conflict management / Afu Isaiah Kunock
Deferring citizens' "Right to Know" in an information age : the information deficit in Namibia / William Edward Heuva
Rethinking information privacy in a "Connected" World / Ufuoma Akpojivi.
Ethjical pitfalls in the digital age : when the desire to "Serve Hot" gets in the way of verification / Tendai Chari
To lie or not to lie : interrogating codes of conduct on photo ethics in the era of digital technologies / Bevelyn Dube
Media-invented stories and outright lies a threat to journalism ethics and media credibility / Agnes Lucy Lando
Ethical and legal challenges of election reporting in Nigeria : a study of four general elections, 1999-2011 / Tayo Popoola
Copying, branding, and the ethical implications of rights in immaterial cultural goods / Ute M. Röschenthaler
Intellectual property rights and the protection of Africa's traditional knowledge / Benjamin Enahoro Assay, Ogwashi-Uku
Overcoming the legal challenges of news reporting : a case study of a start-up news corporation / Jonathan Bishop
Electoral polling and reporting in Africa : professional and policy implications for media practice and political communication in a digital age / Adebayo Fayoyin
Digital media in Uganda : where regulation and freedom of expression contraditions are sharpest / Brian Semujju
Citizen journalism on facebook and the challenges of media regulation in Zimbabwe : Baba Jukwa / Collen Sabao
Naming crime suspects in the news : "Seek truth and report it" vs. "Minimizing harm" / Robin Blom
Boko haram insurgency in Cameroon : role of mass media in conflict management / Afu Isaiah Kunock
Deferring citizens' "Right to Know" in an information age : the information deficit in Namibia / William Edward Heuva
Rethinking information privacy in a "Connected" World / Ufuoma Akpojivi.
Summary
"This book examines challenges, opportunities, issues, controversies and contradictions of digital technologies in relation to media law and ethics and how they play out in different socio-political and economic realities. Its aim is to critically interrogate issues, controversies, challenges and opportunities that digital technologies bring to bear on media and communications"-- Provided by publisher.
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"Premier Reference Source"--Cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-323) and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
K4240 .M4338 2017
Language
English
ISBN
9781522520955 hardcover
1522520953 hardcover
9781522520962 (ebook)
1522520953 hardcover
9781522520962 (ebook)
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