History of Journalism, Matters of Law, Ethics

The 1930s was known as this.

• The silver screen era

• The golden age of radio

• The silent film cinema period

• The age of misinformation

deliberate defamation by written or printed words, pictures

• slander

• bias

• libel

• façade

legal decisions serving as an authoritative rule or pattern in future similar cases. (Tinker v Des Moines ISD)

• shield laws

• premier

• sunshine laws

• precedent

Ex. Actors, musicians, reality stars, celebrities

• public figures

• public servants

• public officials

• public nuisance

Adding audio, visual, and graphic elements to print stories

• multiple platforms

• multi media

• mass media

• multiple masses

Other ways of receiving news "published" from a single media source news, such as newspapers, computer, phone, TV

• multiple platforms

• mass media

• multiple media

• mass exodus

The merging of the media with other platforms

• conveyance

• convenience

• convoluted

• convergence

law requiring a government agency to open its official meetings and records to the general public

• Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

• shield laws

• 1st amendment

• sunshine laws

the suppression of speech, public communication, information which may be considered objectionable

• censorship

• Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

• shield laws

• precedent

an encroachment upon the right to be left alone or to be free from publicity

• convergence

• invasion of privacy

• censorship

• muckraking