Discovery Project:
Defamation and Privacy: Law, Media and Public Speech
2009-2013
Defamation and privacy laws have changed dramatically in recent years. The changes mean that law must understand and evaluate far more carefully the practices of journalists and other media professionals. This project empirically examines the changes, investigating media production, content and litigation. It critically reviews legal limitations on public speech through analysing the effects and interaction of defamation and privacy laws within international and interdisciplinary contexts. Addressing the need for greater legal awareness of popular media and journalism, the project responds to central questions in legal and media practice and will substantially develop international scholarship on law and the media. It promotes better legal understanding of popular media forms, which have key roles in contemporary economies and public debate.
Chief Investigator: Professor Andrew Kenyon
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