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Australian Media and Communications Law
Connect and Converge is a practical, issues-based text, which includes reflective teaching materials for students and ready-reference material for practitioners. Unlike existing media law texts that consider each of the 'heads of law' in separate chapters, this book focuses on examining a set of practical issues that arise in the regulation of media and communications.
Legal concepts and enforcement and compliance issues are discussed in context so that each chapter begins with a 'nutshell' explanation of the law, followed by illustration of the various issues through case studies, discussion points, real world examples, exercises and think about it sections. This technique builds enables students to build their knowledge throughout the book in order to critically examine the law's response to social problems in media and communications law.
Preface
Guided Tour
Introduction: Connect and Converge
1 Media Law and Regulation: An Overview
2 Truth, Media and the Public Interest
3 Media Professionals and Fairness in Research and Reporting
4 Investigative Journalism, Tabloid Media and the Public’s Right to Know
5 Free Speech and Political Comment
6 Creators’ Rights
7 Satire
8 Audience and Community
9 Advertising and Community Advocacy
10 The Public Sphere and Public Interest
Glossary
Index
Scott Beattie - Lecturer, Law School, Victoria University
Elizabeth Beal - Director and Principal Solicitor, Communications Law Centre, Victoria University
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Suggested Short-Answer Questions
Ask students to read the following scenarios and provide short, concise advice (500 words or less) on the legal, regulatory and risk management issues.
Multiple Choice Questions
The following links contain a download of a multiple choice test for chapters 1 -10.
