Media Law: Defamation Case Study and Laws
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This article discusses a case study on defamation in media law and the laws and defenses that can be applied to such cases. It also provides an overview of relevant legislation and examples of defamation cases.
Media Law: Defamation Case Study and Laws
Added on 2019-09-21
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Table of contentsIntroduction................................................................................................................................3An issue of the case....................................................................................................................3Laws and the defenses that can be applied to the case...............................................................4Examples of the legislation that can be applied to the situation................................................6Overview of the laws and legislation.........................................................................................6Reference list..............................................................................................................................72
IntroductionThis is one of the cases that belong to the media law. The media law issue that arises here isthe law of defamation. The case shows that Sam sleeve was an actor and he has been hidingfrom the spotlight in the present week. As a person heading the tiger queen in Brisbane,sleeve predominately in the handwritten daily. The handwritten daily belonged to the co-starof 14 years of age. Tyson Bryson had taken a position in the news desk of the CelebrityWhispers, a Queensland based entertainment site. There was a notable entry that had askedto give a life to the home tonight. Then he asked same if or whether he was living up to hisname. So it is found that Sam Sleeve has given false information to the co celebrity namedTyson Bryson of the Celebrity Whispers. An issue of the caseThe main legal issue, in this case, is defamation which tells a situation when falseinformation is given. The common law of Defamation states that defamation is a claim that isfalse and it is made to someone except the person defamed. Similarly, in this case, TysonBryson was the 14-year-old co-star who had given false statements against Sam Sleeve thenominated Australian actor for Oscar Sam Sleeve. Sam Sleeve loves the spotlight but he hasbeen misguided and his personal details had been falsified by the co-star who had beenserving as the person at the news desk of the Celebrity Whispers. A person having name andfame is able to earn reputation from the society (Pember & Calvert, 1990). As a personheading the tiger queen in Brisbane, sleeve predominately in the handwritten daily. Thehandwritten daily belonged to the co-star of 14 years of age. Tyson Bryson had taken aposition in the news desk of the Celebrity Whispers, a Queensland based entertainment site.There was a notable entry that had asked to give a life to the home tonight. Defamation isrelatively connected to defamatory material that states the situation when someone is exposed3
to hatred or ridicule. In fact, defamation is referred to as the traducement of the falsestatement that can harm the reputation of the individual. Sam Sleeve loves the spotlight buthe has been misguided and his personal details had been falsified by the co-star who had beenserving as the person at the news desk of the Celebrity Whispers. Such statements have led tothe origin of the issue of defamation which is an important issue.Laws and the defences that can be applied to the caseThe law of defamation places differences between the Free speech versus reputation.According to free speech any person has the right to support or oppose the decision or thestatement of a person. It generally determines the freedom of speech where a person can tellanything and everything for or against a person. On the other hand reputation is built fromthe personality of a person (Pember & Calvert, 1990) Defamation is relatively connected todefamatory material that states the situation when someone is exposed to hatred or ridicule.In fact defamation is referred to as the traducement of the false statement that can harm thereputation of the individual. The common law of Defamation states that defamation is a claimthat is false and it is made to someone except the person defamed. Similarly in this caseTyson Bryson was the 14 year old co-star who had given false statements against Sam Sleevethe nominated Australian actor for Oscar Sam Sleeve. In fact the media law and theDefamation law are the combination of the common law that states that no person's imagecan be declined and a person's image cannot be declined by giving false statements. Such lawis contained under the Defamation act 2005 (Fenwick & Phillipson, 2006, p.161). Thedefamation act goes beyond Australian and other territories. Similarly, this defense can beapplied to this case that states that anyone from the Australian territory can support or opposeSam Sleeve and go against the saying that he deserves an Oscar but in no way, one can givefalse statements against him and make his reputation down. Under the media law if it is4
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