SYLLABUS : MEDIA LAWS AND ETHICS
UNIT – I (15 hours)
UNIT I: Ethical framework and media practice
• Freedom of expression (Article 19(1) (a) and Article 19(1)2)
• Freedom of expression and defamation- Libel and slander, Issues of privacy and
surveillance in society
• Right to Information Idea of Fair Trial/Trial by Media
• Issues of Copyright
• Media ethics and cultural dependence
• Live reporting and ethics Legality and Ethicality of Sting Operations,
• Phone Tapping etc. Ethical issues in Social media ( IT Act 2000, Sec 66 A and the
verdict of The Supreme Court )
UNIT – II (15 hours)
UNIT II: Representation, Regulation and ethics
• Advertisement and Women
• Pornography related laws and case studies- Indecent representation of Women
(Prohibition) Act,1986 and rules 1987, Protection of Women against Sexual
Harassment Bill, 2007, Sec 67 of IT Act 2000 and 292 IPC etc
• Regulatory bodies, codes and ethical guidelines
• Self-regulation, media content- Debates on morality and accountability: taste,
culture and taboo, censorship and media debates
UNIT – III (15 hours)
UNIT III: Media and Social Responsibility
• Media reportage of marginalized sections- children, Dalits, tribals, gender, differently-abled, old-aged persons.
• Media coverage of violence and related laws - inflammatory writing (IPC 353), Sedition- incitement to violence, hate Speech.
Practical component (if any) - NIL Essential/recommended readings:
1. Thakurta, Paranjoy Guha, Media Ethics, Oxford University Press, 2009 2. Barrie mc Donald and Michel petheran Media Ethics,mansell, 1998.
3. Austin Sarat Where Law Meets Popular Culture (ed.), The University of Alabama Press, 2011.
4. Vikram Raghvan, Communication Law in India, Lexis Nexis Publication, 2007
5. Iyer Vekat, Mass Media Laws and Regulations in India-Published by AMIC, 2000
6. William Mazzarella, Censorium: Cinema and the Open Edge of Mass Publicity, 2013
Suggestive readings:
1. Raminder Kaur, William Mazzarella, Censorship in South Asia: Cultural Regulation from Sedition to Seduction, 2009
2. Linda Williams, Hard Core: Power, Pleasure, and the "Frenzy of the Visible, 1999
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