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The Legal, Ethical, and Societal Issues in Media and Information: The Digital Divide, Addiction, and Bullying

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The Digital Divide, Addiction, and Bullying

 

Digital Divide

Benjamin Company defines Digital divide as the disparities in access to telephones, personal computers, and the internet across certain demographic groups. Different segments have varying levels of access to digital developments due to a number of factors. This can include but are not limited to, race, gender, age, employment, income, location, and religion.

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The Legal, Ethical, and Societal Issues in Media and Information

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The Legal, Ethical, and Societal Issues in Media and Information

Defamation

The Cornell University Law School defines defamation, as Defamation is a statement that injures a third party’s reputation. The civil wrong of defamation includes both libel (written statement) and slander (spoken statements).

 

To win a defamation case, a plaintiff must show four things:

1. A declaration that a false statement is fact;

2. Publication or communication of that statement to a third person;

3. Fault;

4. Damages to the subject (person, institution, etc.) of the statement.

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The Media and Information Sources: Traditional media as primary source of information

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Traditional media as primary source of information

 

Traditional media

Print, radio and television-was initially invented as a means of mass communication with the purpose to inform. Print can be traced back to ancient record keeping intended to teach the next generation about their history and practices. Radio was developed from one place to another. Television, despite being invented for commercial purposes, incorporated educational materials in their early programming.

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