Regulating the press / Tom O'Malley and Clive Soley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Malley, Tom, 1955-

Contributor:

Soley, Clive.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freedom of the press--Great Britain.

Freedom of the press.

Journalistic ethics--Great Britain.

Journalistic ethics.

Press law--Great Britain.

Press law.

Press Council.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A free press is the cornerstone of democracy. Does this then give the press the right to print inaccurate material with relative impunity? Should the public have a statutory right of reply to inaccuracy in the press? And how free is the press in a world of converging technologies and cross media ownership? Clive Soley and Tom O'Malley set the issues of press regulation in their historical context, focusing on the period after 1945. They specifically look at the history and record of the Press Council and assess the performance of the Press Complaints Commission. The book analyses the arguments surrounding attempts to improve standards by introducing statutory rights for the public, and the reasons for the failure of these initiatives. Focusing on issues of principle such as accuracy, misrepresentation and privacy, the authors reexamine the ways in which debates over press freedom versus regulation illuminate the fundamental conflicts between a fully accountable press and the economic imperatives of the free market economy.

Contents:

Putting the press into perspective

The meanings of the press

Working on the law : employers, journalists, and the legal framework

A sense of doubt : the origins and history of self-regulation up to 1972

Nothing resolved : self-regulation, 1972-1998

Organising and defining self-regulation

Self-regulation at work : an overview

The problem of accuracy in the UK press in the 1980s and 1990s

The distorting mirror : the problem of misrepresentation in the press in the 1980s and 1990s

Privacy and self-regulation

Rights and responsibilities : the need for reform.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781849645102

1849645108

9780585426716

0585426716