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010			_a 2016054401
020			_a9781522520955 (hardcover)
020			_z9781522520962 (ebook)
040			_aLibrary of Congress _beng _erda _cAfrica University _dDLC
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050	0	0	_aK4240 _bMED 2017
082	0	0	_a302.23/1 _223
245	0	0	_aMedia law, ethics, and policy in the digital age / _cNhamo A. Mhiripiri, Midlands State University, Zimbabwe & St. Augustine University, Tanzania, Tendai Chari, University of Venda, South Africa, editors.
264		1	_aHershey PA : _bIGI Global, _c[2017]
300			_axxii, 330 pages ; _c29 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aAdvances in media, entertainment, and the arts (AMEA) book series
500			_a"Premier Reference Source"--Cover.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 286-323) and index.
505	0		_aCriminal defamation, the criminalisation of expression, Media and information dissemination in the digital age : a legal and ethical perspective / Nhamo A. Mhiripiri, Jacqueline Chikakano -- Ethjical pitfalls in the digital age : when the disire to "Serve Hot" gets in the way of verification / Tendai Chari -- To lie or not to lie : interrogating codes of conduct on photo ethics in the era of digital technologies / Bevelyn Dube -- Media-invented stories and outright lies a threat to journalism ethics and media credibility / Agnes Lucy Lando -- Ethical and legal challenges of election reporting in Nigeria : a study of four general elections, 1999-2011 / Tayo Popoola -- Copying, branding, and the ethical implications of rights in immaterial cultural goods / Ute M. Röschenthaler -- Intellectual property rights and the protection of Africa's traditional knowledge / Benjamin Enahoro Assay, Ogwashi-Uku -- Overcoming the legal challenges of news reporting : a case study of a start-up news corporation / Jonathan Bishop -- Electoral polling and reporting in Africa : professional and policy implications for media practice and political communication in a digital age / Adebayo Fayoyin -- Digital media in Uganda : where regulation and freedom of expression contraditions are sharpest / Brian Semujju -- Citizen journalism on facebook and the challenges of media regulation in Zimbabwe : Baba Jukwa / Collen Sabao -- Naming crime suspects in the news : "Seek truth and report it" vs. "Minimizing harm" / Robin Blom -- Boko haram insurgency in Cameroon : role of mass media in conflict management / Afu Isaish Kunock -- Deferring citizens' "Right to Know" in an information age : the innformation deficit in Namibia / William Edward Heuva -- Rethinking information privacy in a "Connected" World / Ufuma Akpojivi.
520			_a"This book examines challenges, opportunities, issues, controversies and contradictions of digital technologies in relation to media law and ethics and how they play out in different socio-political and economic realities. Its aim is to critically interrogate issues, controversies, challenges and opportunities that digital technologies bring to bear on media and communications"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aMass media _xLaw and legislation.
650		0	_aDigital media _xLaw and legislation.
650		0	_aMass media _xLaw and legislation _zAfrica, Sub-Saharan.
700	1		_aMhiripiri, Nhamo A., _eeditor.
700	1		_aChari, Tendai, _eeditor.
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