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020			_a9781316162736
100			_aOster, Jan
245		0	_aMedia freedom as a fundamental right:
260			_aCambridge, _bCambridge University Press: _c2015.
490			_aCambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law
500			_aDomestic constitutions and courts applying international human rights conventions acknowledge the significance of the mass media for a democratic society, not only by granting special privileges but also by imposing enhanced duties and responsibilities to journalists and media companies. However, the challenges of media convergence, media ownership concentration and the internet have led to legal uncertainty. Should media privileges be maintained, and, if so, how is 'the media' to be defined? To what extent does media freedom as a legal concept also encompass bloggers who have not undertaken journalistic education? And how can a legal distinction be drawn between investigative journalism on the one hand and reporting on purely private matters on the other? To answer these questions, Jan Oster combines doctrinal and conceptual comparative analysis with descriptive and normative theory, and argues in favour of a media freedom principle based on the significance of the media for public discourse.
650			_aIntellectual Property _91567
650			_aLaw
650			_aHuman Rights _9177
650			_aInternational Trade Law _9343
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316162736
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