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Landmark Cases in Media Law: A Comprehensive Overview, Quizzes of Communication and Development studies

Definitions and terms related to landmark cases in media law, including dietemann v time, wilson v layne, cox broadcasting v cohen, sipple v chronicle publishing co, cantell v forest city publishing, diaz v oakland tribune, roe v wade, barknicki v vopper, hippa laws, new york times v sullivan, gertz v welch, ollman v evans, janklow v newsweek, rosenblatt v baer, and various privacy actions and elements. These cases cover topics such as privacy, libel, and the role of the media in reporting on public figures and private individuals.

Typology: Quizzes

2009/2010

Uploaded on 06/09/2010

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TERM 1
1971 case that involved Life magazine
reporters and a person practicing medicine
without a license
DEFINITION 1
Dietemann v Time
TERM 2
1999 case involving a Washington Post
reporter invited to go on a police raid to pick
up a potential suspect
DEFINITION 2
Wilson v Layne
TERM 3
Georgia case that said a media outlet could
publish the name of a rape victim
DEFINITION 3
Cox Broadcasting v Cohen
TERM 4
1984 case involved a protector of President
Gerald Ford
DEFINITION 4
Sipple v Chronicle Publishing Co
TERM 5
false light case in 1974 that involved the
Cleveland Plain Dealer and a former OU Post
editor
DEFINITION 5
Cantell v Forest City Publishing
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1971 case that involved Life magazine

reporters and a person practicing medicine

without a license

Dietemann v Time

TERM 2

1999 case involving a Washington Post

reporter invited to go on a police raid to pick

up a potential suspect

DEFINITION 2

Wilson v Layne

TERM 3

Georgia case that said a media outlet could

publish the name of a rape victim

DEFINITION 3

Cox Broadcasting v Cohen

TERM 4

1984 case involved a protector of President

Gerald Ford

DEFINITION 4

Sipple v Chronicle Publishing Co

TERM 5

false light case in 1974 that involved the

Cleveland Plain Dealer and a former OU Post

editor

DEFINITION 5

Cantell v Forest City Publishing

Case that concerned a transgendered class

president

Diaz v Oakland Tribune

TERM 7

1973 abortion case where Justice Blackmun

found a right to privacy in the constitution

DEFINITION 7

Roe v Wade

TERM 8

2001 Supreme Court case concerned

publishing a tape that was secretly made

DEFINITION 8

Barknicki v Vopper

TERM 9

An example of statutory right to privacy

DEFINITION 9

HIPPA laws

TERM 10

3 standard defenses to libel

DEFINITION 10

Truth; Privilege; Fair Comment

two kinds of "fault" in a libel action

actual malice; negligence

TERM 17

those who thrust themselves to the forefront

of a particular public controversy to influence

the resolution of an issue

DEFINITION 17

limited public figures

TERM 18

2 defense to invasion of privacy cases

DEFINITION 18

newsworthiness and consent

TERM 19

4 types of common law privacy actions

DEFINITION 19

Intrusion; Public Disclosure of Private Embarrassing Facts;

False Light; Appropriation

TERM 20

5 elements needed for a plaintiff to prove libel

DEFINITION 20

Publication; Identification; Defamation; Fault; Damage

2 defense to an invasion of privacy case

Consent; newsworthiness

TERM 22

3 elements plaintiff would need to prove in a

public disclosure of private embarrassing

facts case

DEFINITION 22

The information was not newsworthy AND it would be

considered offensive OR objectionable to a reasonable

person

TERM 23

4 Elements of Negligence

DEFINITION 23

A duty, a breach of that duty, proximate cause, damage

TERM 24

A Duty

DEFINITION 24

expectation that is supposed to be fulfilled (journalist double-

checking facts)

TERM 25

A breach of that

duty

DEFINITION 25

didn't fulfill job that a reasonable person would do; journalist

NOT double-checking facts or following up