Media law academic articles round up, the past 6 months – Judith Townend [Updated]

This post gives a selection of research papers on media law topics published in the last six months. While increasing numbers of academic articles are now freely available online, many are still only accessible via subscription-only journals. This list contains a mix of both.

General resources, such as the invaluable SSRN site, are listed at the bottom. Please add your own suggestions for articles and resources in the comments below, or drop me an email jt.townend@gmail.com.

Defamation

Freely available

• ‘Hyperlinks Not Defamatory According to Supreme Court of Canada’, Emir Crowne, University of Windsor – Faculty of Law Arif A. Mahmood, Constitutional Forum, Centre for Constitutional Studies, Forthcoming

• ‘Newspaper Libel: With Special Emphasis on Indian Case Law’, Nayan Banerjee, National Law School of India University (NLSIU)

• ‘Defamation Outside Reputation: Proposals for the Reform of English Law‘, Eric Descheemaeker, University of Edinburgh – School of Law, U. of Edinburgh School of Law Working Paper No. 2011/41

• ‘New York Times Co. v. Sullivan: A Critical Analysis, a Comparative Study with Indian and English Law’, Subhankar Pasalapudi, National Law School of India University

• ‘”A Man of Bad Character Has Not so Much to Lose”: Truth as a Defence in the South African Law of Defamation’, Eric Descheemaeker, University of Edinburgh – School of Law, U. of Edinburgh School of Law Working Paper No. 2011/39

• ‘Google Versus the Law: Google’s Legal Adventures and Their Impact to the Evolution of European Information Law‘, Tatiana Synodinou, University of Cyprus

• ‘Collateral Censorship and the Limits of Intermediary Immunity‘, Felix T. Wu, Yeshiva University – Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 87, p. 293, 2011, Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 354

• ‘The Law of Reputation and the Interest of the Audience‘, Laura A. Heymann, William & Mary Law School, Boston College Law Review, Vol. 52, No. 1341, 2011, William & Mary Law School Research Paper No. 09-160

• ‘The Death of Slander’, Leslie Yalof Garfield, Pace University – School of Law, August 24, 2011

• ‘Public Figurehood in the Digital Age’, Zachary Baron Shemtob, Central Connecticut State University, David Lat, Journal of Telecommunications and High Technology Law, Vol. 9, No. 2, 2011

• ‘Corporations’ Right to Sue for Defamation: An Australian Perspective’, David Rolph, University of Sydney – Faculty of Law, Entertainment Law Review, Vol. 22, pp. 195-200, 2011, Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 11/51

• ‘Implications of Libel Doctrine for Nondefamatory Falsehoods under the First Amendment’, Nat Stern, Florida State University – College of Law, First Amendment Law Review, Vol. 10, 2012, FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 557

Available via subscription

• ‘A new dawn for website owners – liability in libel for blogs and posts – Davison v Habeeb’, Eileen Weinert, Entertainment Law Review 2012

• ‘The Swing of the Pendulum: Reputation, Expression and the Recentering of English Libel Law’ Andrew Scott and Alastair Mullis, Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 62(2) 2012 [forthcoming]

• ‘Legislative Comment, Lord Lester’s Defamation Bill: striking a balance?’ Siamala Krishnan, Entertainment Law Review 2012

• ‘Case Comment: Google Blogpost case’, Katrin Freihof, Kaulich Rolf, E.C.L. Rep. 2012, 11(6), 17.

• ‘Case Comment: Just not cricket‘, James Wilson, N.L.J. 2012, 162(7496), 70.

• ‘Libel: Its Purpose and Reform’, David Howarth, Modern Law Review, Vol. 74, No. 6, November 2011

• Media Law Resource Center – ‘Resource Materials for Defining “Journalist” and “Media” in Litigation and Legislation’, October 2011

Privacy/Data Protection

Freely available

• ‘Balancing Internet Regulation and Human Rights‘, Aleksey Ponomarev, Stockholm University; Sorainen Law Firm, January, 23 2012

• ‘The ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ – Worth Remembering?’ Jef Ausloos, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Computer Law & Security Review, 2012

• ‘The Influence of European Data Privacy Standards Outside Europe: Implications for Globalisation of Convention 108‘, Graham Greenleaf, University of New South Wales (UNSW) – Faculty of Law, International Data Privacy Law, Vol. 2, Issue 2, 2012, UNSW Law Research Paper No. 39

• ‘Social Networks, Privacy, and Freedom of Association: Data Empowerment vs. Data Protection’, Peter P. Swire, Ohio State University (OSU) – Michael E. Moritz College of Law, North Carolina Law Review, 2012, Ohio State Public Law Working Paper

• ‘Privacy, Speech, and the Law’, Adam D. Moore, University of Washington – Department of Philosophy, January 13, 2012

• ’30 Years on: The Review of the Council of Europe Data Protection Convention 108′, Sylvia Kierkegaard, Nigel Waters, Graham Greenleaf, Lee A. Bygrave, Ian Lloyd, Stephen Saxby, International Association of IT Lawyers, Computer Law and Security Review (CLSR), Vol. 27, pp. 223-231, 2011, UNSW Law Research Paper No. 50

• ‘Law and the Open Internet’, Adam Candeub,Michigan State University College of Law, Daniel John McCartney, Michigan State University College of Law, Federal Communications Law Journal, Forthcoming, MSU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09-22

• ‘International Bloggers and Internet Control‘, Hal Roberts, Ethan Zuckerman, Jillian York, Robert Faris, John G. Palfrey Jr., Berkman Center Research Publication No. 2011-06

• ‘Freedom of Expression Turned on its Head? Academic Social Research and Journalism in the European Union’s Privacy Framework’, David Erdos, University of Oxford – Faculty of Law, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, September 15, 2011, Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 53/2011

• ‘Gone But Not Forgotten: When Privacy, Policy and Privilege Collide‘, Louise L. Hill, Widener University School of Law, Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property, Vol. 9, No. 8, 2011, Widener Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 11-29

• ‘The New Internet World: A Global Perspective on Freedom of Expression, Privacy, Trust and Security Online‘, Soumitra Dutta, INSEAD – Technology and Operations Management, William H. Dutton, University of Oxford – Oxford Internet Institute, Ginette Law, INSEAD, August 24, 2011, INSEAD Working Paper No. 2011/89/TOM
• [Update] ‘A Right to Delete?’ Paul A. Bernal, European Journal of Law and Technology, Vol. 2, No.2, 2011  (also featured on Inforrm here)

Available via subscription

• ‘Kiss ‘n’ Tell Stories: Not An Open Goal for Claimants?’ Keith Mathieson [2012] 23 Ent LR 14-17

• ‘New Guidance on Best Practice in Interim Applications to Restrain the Publication of Information’, Brid Jordan [2012] 23 Ent LR 1-4

• ‘The Public Interest in Press Intrusion into the Private Lives of Celebrities: The Decision in Ferdinand v MGN Ltd’, Steve Foster, Communications Law, Vol.16 No.4, 2011 129-134

• ‘Twitter Undermines Superinjunctions’, Ursula Smartt, Communications Law, Vol.16 No.4, 2011 135-139

• ‘The Right to Privacy and Advance Notification’, Paul Mora and Ashley Savage, Journal Citation: [2011] 22 Ent LR 233-241

Media Regulation

Freely available

• ‘Controlling New Media (without the Law)‘, Mira Burri, University of Bern Law School – World Trade Institute, Handbook of Media Law & Policy, Monroe Price & Stefaan Verhulst, eds., Routledge, 2012, NCCR Trade Regulation Working Paper No. 2011/71

• ‘The Regulation of New Media in Europe’, Angela Daly, European University Institute – Department of Law (LAW), Benjamin Farrand, European University Institute, October 31, 2011

• ‘Hacktivism, Anonymous & a New Breed of Protest in a Networked World‘, Noah Hampson, Boston College Law School, Boston College International and Comparative Law Review, Forthcoming

• ‘Is Comment Free? Ethical, editorial and political problems of moderating online news‘, Sanna Trygg, Polis/Jornalistfonden Fellow, 2011/12

• [Update] ‘Regulating for Trust in Journalism: Standards regulation in the age of blended media‘, Lara Fielden, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (also featured on Inforrm here)

Open Justice/Freedom of Expression

Freely available

• ‘Cameras in English Courts: A Response to Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke’s Proposal‘, Chrispas Nyombi, University College London – Faculty of Laws, Diana Nankabirwa, Kingston Law School, October 28, 2011

• ‘Freedom of the Press and General Theory of Freedom of Speech’, Wojciech Sadurski, University of Sydney-Faculty of Law, September 2011, Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 11/57

• ‘Whither Freedom of the Press?‘ Randall P. Bezanson, University of Iowa College of Law, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-01, Iowa Law Review, Forthcoming

Available via Subscription

• ‘Televising Judges’ Sentencing and Statements for what Purpose?’ Sheriff Marcus Stone (2011) 175 JPN 624

Open resources

• Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
• LSE Media Policy Project
• POLIS blog
• RPC Privacy Blog
• Current Awareness, Inner Temple Library
• OUP: Online open access cyberlaw journals
• Warwick: Electronic Law Journals Project
• Berkman Center Publications
• Academia.eu
• Google Scholar
• OpenThesis
• British Library EThOS
• SCL IT Law Community
• Delia Venables’ site

[Update: Postcript]

And as a postscript

The excellent UK-based Journal of Media Law (Hart Publishing) is due to publish its next issue (Volume 3, Number 2) soon. The journal’s previous issue, published in July 2011, can be found here (purchase/subscription required).

This round up was compiled for Inforrm by Judith Townend, a freelance journalist and PhD researcher examining legal restraints on the media, who runs the Meeja Law blog. She is @jtownend on Twitter.