Media Law and Ethics

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Media Law and Ethics

• What if it shows this?

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Media Law and Ethics

• Death images from natural disasters?
• Death images from war?
• Torture?

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Media Law and Ethics

• Should the government be allowed to withhold
  information?
• National security? State secrets?
• Health reasons?
• Under any circumstances?

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Media Law and Ethics

• Should HK media be sensitive to PRC issues?

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Media Law and Ethics

• Do celebrities have a right to privacy?
• Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones sued to
  protect their wedding images.
• Anita Mui, who had cancer, didnt want paparazzi.
• Gillian Chung was covertly snapped after a concert

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Media Law and Ethics

• Is it news if the wife of Chief Executive Donald
  Tsang drinks? If he drinks?
• What about other details of someones personal
  life?

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U.S. Senator Larry Craig

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vXxB7ZN81IhMfeature
  related
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v5Uvjn257CNY

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Media law and ethics

• What about the Cultural Divide?
• Should media care about offending other cultures?
  
• Muslims?
• Catholics?
• Buddhists?

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