Media Ethics and Law

Evaluate decisions through expression, rights and duties. You will examine expression, privacy, defamation. Prepare a reasoned editorial decision on a supplied scenario.

Learning outcomes

• Explain expression in a relevant case.
• Analyse the relationship between privacy and defamation.
• Produce a reasoned response addressing copyright, source protection and editorial accountability.

Main topics

• Expression
• Privacy
• Defamation
• Copyright
• Source protection
• Editorial accountability

Practical task

Prepare a reasoned editorial decision on a supplied scenario.

Assessment

Submit the practical output with supporting evidence and an individual written or oral explanation. Assessment considers subject knowledge, accuracy, reasoning and the quality of the completed work.