REVIEW: Help at hand to navigate legal minefields

Review of: The Journalist’s Guide to Media Law, 4th Edition, Mark Pearson and Mark Polden. Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2011, 480 pp. ISBN 9781742370385; Blogging and Tweeting Without Getting Sued: A Global Guide to the Law for Anyone Writing Online, Mark Pearson. Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2012, 222...

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Autor principal:	Stephen Harrington
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Publicado:	Asia Pacific Network 2013
Materias:	Defamation Digital media Legal protections Legal restrictions Media law Social media Communication. Mass media P87-96 Journalism. The periodical press, etc. PN4699-5650
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ee68de6737c14ef780fa210c9a8518ae2021-12-02T10:24:50ZREVIEW: Help at hand to navigate legal minefields10.24135/pjr.v19i2.2291023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/ee68de6737c14ef780fa210c9a8518ae2013-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/229https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035Review of: The Journalist’s Guide to Media Law, 4th Edition, Mark Pearson and Mark Polden. Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2011, 480 pp. ISBN 9781742370385; Blogging and Tweeting Without Getting Sued: A Global Guide to the Law for Anyone Writing Online, Mark Pearson. Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2012, 222 pp. ISBN 9781742378770 Over recent years in Australia we have seen a number of big stories emerge which highlight the difficult legal positions in which journalists too often find themselves. One of the biggest was Gina Rinehart’s attempts in Western Australia to have journalists reveal their sources for stories which were published regarding the legal battles she had been fighting against her own children. Another involved the 2009 counter-terrorism operations in Victoria that were apparently reported, somewhat controversially, on the front page of The Australian several hours before they had occurred. While, a third case was what Australian Twitter users dubbed the #TwitDef saga, where The Australian’s editor-in-chief Chris Mitchell claimed that he had been defamed by Australian journalism academic Julie Posetti, who had simply tweeted what a former News Corp journalist had said publically during the 2010 JEAA conference.Stephen HarringtonAsia Pacific NetworkarticleDefamationDigital mediaLegal protectionsLegal restrictionsMedia lawSocial mediaCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 19, Iss 2 (2013)
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description	Review of: The Journalist’s Guide to Media Law, 4th Edition, Mark Pearson and Mark Polden. Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2011, 480 pp. ISBN 9781742370385; Blogging and Tweeting Without Getting Sued: A Global Guide to the Law for Anyone Writing Online, Mark Pearson. Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2012, 222 pp. ISBN 9781742378770 Over recent years in Australia we have seen a number of big stories emerge which highlight the difficult legal positions in which journalists too often find themselves. One of the biggest was Gina Rinehart’s attempts in Western Australia to have journalists reveal their sources for stories which were published regarding the legal battles she had been fighting against her own children. Another involved the 2009 counter-terrorism operations in Victoria that were apparently reported, somewhat controversially, on the front page of The Australian several hours before they had occurred. While, a third case was what Australian Twitter users dubbed the #TwitDef saga, where The Australian’s editor-in-chief Chris Mitchell claimed that he had been defamed by Australian journalism academic Julie Posetti, who had simply tweeted what a former News Corp journalist had said publically during the 2010 JEAA conference.
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