Regulating the press /

How do we balance press regulation with freedom of information? This book provides the answers, taking into account converging media ownership and the threat it poses to democracy.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Malley, Tom, 1955-
Other Authors: Soley, Clive
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, 2000.
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Table of Contents:
  • Putting the press into perspective
  • The meanings of the press
  • Working on the law : employers, journalists, and the legal framework
  • A sense of doubt : the origins and history of self-regulation up to 1972
  • Nothing resolved : self-regulation, 1972-98
  • Organising and defining self-regulation
  • Self-regulation at work : an overview
  • The problem of accuracy in the UK press in the 1980s and 1990s
  • The distorting mirror : the problem of misrepresentation in the press in the 1980s and 1990s
  • Privacy and self-regulation
  • Rights and responsibilities : the need for reform.