Details Title: media law Description: media law. duh. Total Flash Cards: 28 Created: 05/14/2009 22:19:03		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Journalism Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term access of information to reporters? Definition No right of access beyond what is afforded the average citizen Term What if law must be broken in order to obtain news in public interest? Definition First Amendment doesn’t supply a license to violate valid criminal laws.” Term 9 FOIA exemptions Definition 1. National Security 2. Housekeeping materials 3. Material exempted by statute 4. Trade secrets 5. Working papers/lawyer-client privilege 6. Personal privacy 7. Law enforcement records 8. Financial institution materials 9. Geological data Term Homeland Security Act of 2002 Definition Exempts critical info submitted by businesses and people from FOIA Term Federal Open Meetings Law; sunshine act Definition gov't meetings must be held in public Term Open Records Laws Definition Most laws allow inspection of records by any person Term Brandeis and Warren Definition Citizens should be able to stop unwarranted intrusions; recover monetary damages Term Four Areas of Privacy Law Definition 1. Appropriation 2. Intrusion 3. Publication of private information 4. False light Term Appropriation Definition illegal to appropriate an individual’s name or likeness for commercial or trade purposes without consent Term Abigail Roberson Definition -Franklin Mills Flour uses her picture on posters -Sues for invasion of privacy Term 3 Rights to privacy Definition 1. Protects against emotional damage 2. Protects average person 3. Gone when person dies Term intrusion Definition illegal to intrude upon the seclusion of an individual Term bartnicki v. vopper Definition vopper broadcasts illegally intercepted cell convo. in the end, station not liable Term assumption of risk analysis Definition you loose privacy when personal info is accessible to to others or places in flow of commerce Term illegal to publish private facts about someone if (2) Definition 1. it would be highly offensive to reasonable person 2. not of legit public concern Term oliver sipple Definition -saved president ford from being killed -sues paper for gay statement info in public documents not regarded as private Term naming rape victim Definition not to: victim seen guilty as rapist to do: adds credibility to stories Term florida star v. bjf Definition rookie reporter gives rape victim name. paper not at fault for libel, was a mistake Term ethics and law Definition journalists must exercise judgement--what is of public concern? Term recounting the past Definition story permissable if its not designed to humiliate subject Term false light (2 things) Definition 1. light individual was placed would be offensive to reasonable person 2. publisher was at fault at time of publication Term time v. hill Definition movie and play made after a crime that happened to hill, actors photographed at hill's home, hill sues for apropriation & false light Term SLAPP Definition Strategic lawsuits Against Public Participation. stops libel laws from being used as weapons Term defamation Definition communication that damages reputation. lowers a persons reputation in many people's eyes Term executive privilege Definition common law privilege of the president and other executives Term defamation Definition needs to be proved in order to sue for libel Term what must be proved to win libel (5) Definition 1. it was published 2. words were/concerning plantiff 3. material was defamitory 4. material was false: falsity, must be direct 5. defendant was at fault Term words and risk of defamation (3) Definition 1. crime: inferring of criminal behavior 2. sexual references 3. personal habits