Law on Mass Media and Communication 8th Exercise Fair Comment and what can be considered as not a fair comment (abuse of free speech) Based on the legitimate subjects of fair comment as discussed in jurisprudence and taken up in class ( 1.Affairs of the state, the workings of government, acts of governance, and acts of public officials; 2.The manner of administering public institutions such as educational, religious, charitable institutions; 3.The quality of public infrastructure, public works, public utilities; 4.The work of employees and personnel in public utilities, public works, public infrastructure, public services; 5.Consumer products; 6.Advertisements; 7.Literary and artistic work including films, exhibits; 8.Public entertainments (all kinds as long as these are publicly shown such as TV shows); 9.Involvement in public events such as sports, fashion shows, performances; 10.…and a catch-all category — “Appeals to the public”) and and the standards for fair comment (it must be on a legitimate subject of fair comment; it must be based on an actual event or must have some basis in fact; and it must be the author’s honest opinion), give three examples of comments as tweets or FB posts or Instagram comments (redact the URLs and names; redact profanities and curse words ) that are NOT considered as fair comment and are in fact abusive behavior online. In order to avoid confusion, make sure you use the heading : ABUSIVE BEHAVIOR ONLINE in your post [Timeframe: comments (tweets, IG comments, FB posts) from August 15, 2019 to November 21, 2019].
The deadline is at 1pm Thursday November 21, 2019.
Law on Mass Media and Communication 6th Exercise Media Workers’ Employment Conditions, Employee Rights & Employee Responsibilities. Deadline Nov. 6
As the last exercise for the chapter “Rights and Privileges of Media Practitioners” (before proceeding to “LIMITS to the Right to Freedom of Speech/ Freedom of Expression/ Freedom of the Press: PROHIBITIONS”), class members have the option of posting the following:
Two posts: One regular post and the Bonus post here…
Or:
Just one post: a regular post or the bonus post here.
A. Regular post : A news report, news feature, interpretive article, opinion piece, etc. (time frame 2016-2019) that illustrates any of the legal provisions and cases discussed under the topic “Rights of Media Workers: Media Workers’ Employment Conditions, Media Employees’ Rights, Media Employees’ Responsibilities”
B. Bonus post on rights as content-creators (intellectual property rignts) : A news report, news feature, interpretive article, opinion piece, etc. (time frame 2016-2019) that illustrates a copyright infringement (definition and illustration as discussed in class)
Deadline is after the Undas observance (All Saints Day, All Souls Day) November 6, 2019, Wednesday at 5pm.