1st Edition

Privacy and the News Media

By Chris Frost Copyright 2020
222 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

222 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

222 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Critically examining current journalistic practices using both theoretical and applied approaches, this book addresses the interplay between the right to free expression (and what that means to a free press) and the right to privacy. Privacy, and the criticism that journalists unreasonably and regularly invade it in order to get a “good story”, is the most significant ethical dilemma for... Read more

1 Introduction

2 Human rights and journalism ethics

3 What is privacy?

4 Privacy development

5 Gossip and celebrity

6 Issues in privacy

7 Public interest

8 Personal reputation

9 Law of privacy

10 Data protection

11 New technology and privacy

12 Media regulators

13 Privacy case studies

14 Privacy in Europe

15 Privacy in North America

Biography

Chris Frost is emeritus professor of Journalism at Liverpool John Moores University, formerly working as a journalist and editor. He was Chair of the Association for Journalism Education, President of the National Union of Journalists, NEC member and Chair of its Ethics Council. He has written extensively about journalism.