Dear all,
Please forgive the self-promotion, but some of you may find this book helpful to your teaching and/or research. It concerns an issue which pre-dates the Leveson Inquiry but which has a great deal of bearing on many of the topics which were discussed at the Inquiry. Some of the chapters also focus on the issue of privacy and new media, which Leveson didn't tackle (as it fell beyond the Inquiry's remit). The Foreword is by Hugh Tomlinson, the QC for the phone-hacking victims. Inspection copies are available.
http://www.ibtauris.com/Books/Society%20%20social%20sciences/Society%20%20culture%20general/Media%20studies/Media%20and%20Public%20Shaming%20Drawing%20the%20Boundaries%20of%20Disclosure.aspx?menuitem={DFF51E2F-C0BA-4928-ACC4-415188DCDEE8}
'The media today, and especially the national press, are frequently in conflict with people in the public eye, particularly politicians and celebrities, over the disclosure of private information and behaviour. Historically, journalists have argued that 'naming and shaming' serious wrong-doing and behaviour on the part of public officials is justified as being in the public interest. However, when the media spotlight is shone on perfectly legal personal behaviour, family issues and sexual orientation, and when, in particular, this involves ordinary people, the question arises of whether such matters are really in the 'public interest' in any meaningful sense of the term. In this book, leading academics, commentators and journalists from a variety of different cultures consider the extent to which the media are entitled to reveal details of people's private lives, the laws and regulations which govern such revelations, and whether these are still relevant in the age of social media'.
Best, Julian.
Professor of Screen Media,
School of Arts,
Brunel University,
Uxbridge,
UB8 2PJ
Direct line: 01895 265479
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