Citizen Journalists Newer Media, Republican Moments and the Constitution

By: Cram, Ian Publication details: Cheltenham Edward Elgar Publishing 2015 Edition: 1/eDescription: xi, 195p. 24cmISBN: 9781783472697Subject(s): Journalist, Mass media, Social Media, Republican Democracy, Liberal Pluralist,, Public Engagement in Political Debates, Political Activism Online, Web 2.0, -- USADDC classification: 070.4 Online resources: Click here to access online

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Contents: 1. Introduction: Republican Moments, Machiavelli and Digital Communications 2. A Digital Republic of Citizens 3. Against Civility? - Arguments for Protecting ‘Bad Taste’, Disrespectful and Anonymous Online Speakers 4. Beyond the Fourth Estate: Rethinking the Privileges of ‘Journalists’ in the Era of New Media 5. Google and the ‘Unvirtuous’ Juror? - A Comparative Constitutional Analysis of Some Digital Challenges to Fair Trials 6. Conclusion: The Sceptical Cyber-republican Index

Summary: This monograph explores the phenomenon of ‘citizen journalism’ from a legal and constitutional perspective. It describes and evaluates emerging patterns of communication between a new and diverse set of speakers and their audiences. Drawing upon political theory, the book considers the extent to which the constitutional and legal frameworks of modern liberal states allow for a ‘contestatory space’ that advances the scope for non-traditional speakers to participate in policy debates and to hold elites to account. Topics covered include the regulation of offensive, abusive and anonymous speech, online defamation, compelled disclosure of ‘journalists’’ sources, private online research by jurors and analysis of the application of pre-Web 2.0 laws to non-traditional media speakers and outlets. After surveying a range of criminal and civil law provisions that impair the communicative reach of non-mainstream speakers, the broad conclusion casts doubt upon the capacity of ‘citizen journalists’ to effect a significant shift towards republican self-rule. Offering an original analysis of the phenomenon of ‘citizen journalism’ with developments from a broad range of jurisdictions, this book is a valuable resource for students, academics, policymakers and law reform agencies in the fields of constitutional law, human rights, media freedom, journalism and comparative media regulation.

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This monograph explores the phenomenon of ‘citizen journalism’ from a legal and constitutional perspective. It describes and evaluates emerging patterns of communication between a new and diverse set of speakers and their audiences. Drawing upon political theory, the book considers the extent to which the constitutional and legal frameworks of modern liberal states allow for a ‘contestatory space’ that advances the scope for non-traditional speakers to participate in policy debates and to hold elites to account.

Topics covered include the regulation of offensive, abusive and anonymous speech, online defamation, compelled disclosure of ‘journalists’’ sources, private online research by jurors and analysis of the application of pre-Web 2.0 laws to non-traditional media speakers and outlets. After surveying a range of criminal and civil law provisions that impair the communicative reach of non-mainstream speakers, the broad conclusion casts doubt upon the capacity of ‘citizen journalists’ to effect a significant shift towards republican self-rule.

Offering an original analysis of the phenomenon of ‘citizen journalism’ with developments from a broad range of jurisdictions, this book is a valuable resource for students, academics, policymakers and law reform agencies in the fields of constitutional law, human rights, media freedom, journalism and comparative media regulation.

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