Clive Edwards

1. Scheme of work
Regulation of the Media
Session
1 The ethical ‘You the editor’
You the editor task – give students a list of 5
controversial news stories; which would they
dimension sheet
use?
2 Prior restraint Beckhams nanny
Is there ever a case for stopping publication;
should the law confine itself to punishing case, Loreena
those who have done wrong, or should it
McKennit, Roman
intervene before the offence is committed
Abramovich and his
girlfriend
3 ECHR Naomi Campbell
Balancing article 8 and article 10
Drugs anonymous
clinic
4 Self regulation PCC Code
The press/magazines
ASA (Advertising Standards Association) ASA code
BBFC and local councils
5 Statutes Berkoff, Archer,
Defamation: its meaning, and defences
Cesc Fabregas and
Phil Brown
6
Contempt, and reporting crime
7 Music and film
Copyright
piracy,
8 Zeta Jones
Breach of confidence
9
Privacy
10 Internet Filters, controls,
Self regulation, and the case for regulating the
internet webmasters, ISPs
11
International law and the internet
12
Statutes that apply particularly to internet