Objective: To introduce students to the complexities of applying defamation, libel, and privacy legal concepts to the internet.
Instructions: For this assignment, you will research and analyze the complexities involved in the Bollea v. Gawker Media case and write a news story for a hypothetical blog that summarizes major developments from initial incident to today.
Step 1 – Scan Nexis Uni for information about Bollea v. Gawker Media.
https://advance-lexis-com.ezproxy.umgc.edu/bisacademicresearchhome?crid=46281c9a-e575-46e4-8cf8-847b2cc66eb0&pdmfid=1516831&pdisurlapi=true
Step 2 – Find out what kind of mass media law(s) were involved in the case.
Step 3 – Take notes on the facts of the case.
Step 4 – Take notes on the issue(s) raised in the case.
Step 5 – Take notes on the arguments made and the evidence used by plaintiff(s) and defendant(s).
Step 6 – Take notes on any extrinsic factors that led to the alleged misconduct or controversial material.
Step 7 – Take notes on the case’s disposition (ruling, holding, rationale, and outcome). How was the case ultimately resolved?
Step 8 – Analyze your notes and make connections to information in our weekly learning resources that you can use in your explanation of case.
Step 9 – Write a 1-2 page, single-spaced news story that highlights how the case was resolved and summarizes its developments.
• Start the story with the most important aspects of the developments in the case.
• Stay focused on facts in your summary.
• Use what you have learned about defamation, libel, and privacy laws to explain arguments made in the case.
• Attribute any directly quoted material to its source like you would in a published news story, i.e., Gawker Media’s lawyers argued… Use accompanying in-text citations at your discretion.
• Analyze the developments in the context of what you have learned about defamation, libel, and privacy to the extent you can as a blogger.
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