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 7th Exercise “Protected Aspects” of Privacy. The Newsworthiness Standard. Legitimate Public Interest Standard. Deadline extended to Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019 at 5pm.
Enumerate at least five “protected aspects” of an individual’s privacy (private aspects of an individual’s life) that cannot be the subject of publication/ cannot be publicly disclosed unless they involve public interest and are newsworthy (or the person has waived privacy by volunteering the information ) ; then, submit a sample of a news feature/ news report/ feature report/ op-ed/ (time frame: media exposure/ media coverage from August 1, 2019 to November 14, 2019) to illustrate when such an aspect of a public person’s life has become of public interest and therefore can be published or publicly disclosed.
BONUS: For an additional 5pts, and in a separate post marked as “Explainer”, explain why the subject matter in the sample you chose has become of public interest or is newsworthy by: 1)using the categories discussed in class and 2)applying the standards established by jurisprudence. (a general explanation will not merit any points).
The deadline for both is on Thursday, November 14, 2019 at 5pm. As usual, this is on a “first-submitted-first-credited” method ( time frame : media coverage from Aug. 1, 2019 to Nov. 14, 2049) : Class members are not allowed to copy the sample or topic that has been submitted by their classmate.
