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Media law faces fundamental challenges. The evolution of the internet, especially of the blogosphere, the phenomenon of media convergence, and the reputed decline of the traditional media in both its public influence and in its quality, raise questions as to whether the media should still be endowed with special privileges, what its duties and responsibilities are, and, even more fundamentally, what 'the media' actually is.In his November 2012 report on the Inquiry into the culture, Practices and ethics of the Press, lord justice leveson made recommendations for a new, independent body to replace the existing Press complaints commission, which would be recognised by the state through new laws. corresponding to the scope of his appointment following the News International phone hacking scandal, lord justice leveson confined his investigation to the press to the exclusion of broadcasters, but also to the exclusion of internet publications. 1 Yet in order to set the right incentives for 'the media' , that is, all journalists and media entities and not just the press, to behave in a prudent and diligent manner, a conceptual approach as a third way between statutory regulation and media

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Author

Oster, Jan

Publisher

Informa UK (Taylor & Francis); Taylor and Francis Ltd.; Informa UK Limited (ISSN 1757-7632)

Published

2013

Language

EN

Field

Social Sciences