Media Law Lecture: Crime and Courts
I delivered my second media law lecture to the first years at the University of Huddersfield today. It was on crime and courts, including Contempt of Court and looking at issues including the naming of...
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The Facebook Beheading Videos Row
The university’s View from the North blog. As the controversy about beheading videos on Facebook restarted this week, I wrote a post about it on the University of Huddersfield’s View from the North...
View ArticleAl Jazeera Listening Post On Media Ombudsmen
Listening Post, the media programme on Al Jazeera English, did a report on the role of media ombudsmen and readers’ editors earlier this month. And I feature briefly giving my views on the topic...
View ArticleMedia Law Lecture: Defamation
My third media law lecture to the first year students at the University of Huddersfield was today. It was all about defamation, with a special section reflecting on the various strands of the Lord...
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Using Buzzfeed In The Classroom
The BuzzFeed Community dashboard. We’ve had a group of A-level students from Sheffield College at the University of Huddersfield today, having a Focus Day in the Journalism and Media department....
View ArticleLecture: Introduction To Journalism And The Internet
I had one hour today to introduce a lecture hall of nearly 200 first year students from various courses to how the internet has affected journalism. Admittedly, it was just an introduction, but even so...
View ArticleLecture: Social Media And PR
I’m teaching some first year classes on public relations this semester, and as part of the course I gave a lecture last week on the role of social media in PR. I decided to make the retail battle for...
View ArticleLecture: Copyright Law
I delivered my latest media law lecture to the journalism and media first years at the University of Huddersfield this morning. It was on copyright law, with a particular focus on the law as it applies...
View ArticleLecture: Privacy Law and Freedom of Information
Here’s my latest media law lecture, delivered to the first years at the University of Huddersfield today. It’s on privacy law, including the emerging case law from Max Mosley and others, breach of...
View ArticleStorify: BBC Sport Online v Newspaper Websites
I spotted an interesting discussion on Twitter, which has stretched over several days since last week. It’s about the scope of BBC Sport’s online activities, and its impact on newspaper websites. The...
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