Handbook

Please note: This subject had been discontinued and is no longer on offer.

Making and creating the content consumed by the public is subject to a range of areas of law, which are collectively known as media law. While media law has always affected media industries, the same laws also affect individuals who create content on the web. This subject looks at the theoretical basis behind the law affecting both industries and individuals, including debates over freedom of expression, and its practices including the law affecting content created by both industries and individuals, including defamation law, confidentiality, court reporting rules, and outlawed content; and the regulation of media industries.