Media Law Challenges and Effects on Quality of Information – A Review

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10.2991/978-94-6463-110-4_4How to use a DOI?

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Media; social media; censorship; ethics; and quality of information

Abstract

Media law is known to protect the freedom of expression and the press. It is a branch of law that deals with the flow of information and the public’s overall interest, where anything published and distributed falls under its rules and restrictions. Media direction is especially significant because of how media affects and influences society. People learn about what is happening through the media and tend to form their own opinion of the matter in question, which may lead to more significant consequences such as mass social debates, social movements, and segregation. With such significance comes the need to oversee and regulate media and the quality and flow of information. Hence, media law and laws of printing and publishing came to exist. Media laws and regulations came into existence as media progressed and became the primary way information is disclosed and shared in today’s business environment. The flow and quality of information are often associated with the medium by which they are distributed, their source, and the supervisory body of rules they are subjected to. Therefore, this article aims to analyze the extent to which the quality of information and media are affected by these variables. The paper will also dive into media laws and the quality of information, the supervision imposed on media on different platforms, and media laws across borders.

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AU  - Anfal Issa Mohamed Al Raisi
AU  - Ayyappan Palanissamy
AU  - Hesham Magd
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/01/30
TI  - Media Law Challenges and Effects on Quality of Information – A Review
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Innovation in Information Technology and Business (ICIITB 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 36
EP  - 46
SN  - 2352-538X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-110-4_4
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-110-4_4
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