Media Law: Understanding Defamation and Libel - Prof. Larry Burriss, Study notes of Communication

Download Media Law: Understanding Defamation and Libel - Prof. Larry Burriss and more Study notes Communication in PDF only on Docsity! 3/15/11 – Media Law  Defamation o Private citizens o Public offices o Public figures  Libel – Libel Per Se o Definition: any false statement that tends to:  Bring a person into public hatred, contempt, ridicule  Cause a person to be shunned or avoided  Injuries a person in their business or occupation o It is libelous per se if any of the following conditions exist:  You can accuse someone of a crime and the person is innocent  Statements or insinuations or insanity or loathsome disease  Statements or assertions of a lack of capacity to conduct business or profession  Libel for Private Citizen o Publication, identification, and defamation  Libel for Public Official or Public Figure o Publication, identification, defamation, and malice