The Courts and the media : challenges in the era of digital social media / edited by Patrick Keyzer, Jane Johnston [and] Mark Pearson.

Braddon, A.C.T. : Halstead Press, 2012.

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Conduct of court proceedings -- Australia.

Conduct of court proceedings -- Australia -- Congresses.

Mass media -- Australia -- Congresses.

Mass media -- Law and legislation -- Australia.

Crime and the press -- Australia.

Journalism, Legal -- Australia.

Journalism, Legal -- Australia -- Congresses.

Social media -- Law and legislation -- Australia.

Privacy, Right of -- Australia.

1. Who should speak for the courts and how? The courts and the media today

2. Courts and the media in the digital era : a media perspective

3. The relationship between the courts and the news media

4. Courts and the media in the digital era

5. Courts' new visibility 2.0

6. Terrorism, the media and Twitter

7. Cameras in court : reluctant admission to proactive collaboration

8. The Federal Court : breaking new ground

9. Suppression orders : the more things change, the more they stay the same

10. Judicial instruction : do jurors obey directions to disregard prejudicial publicity?

11. Ensuring a fair trial for an accused in a digital era : lessons for Australia

12. The News of the World scandal and the Australian privacy debate

13. Mental illness, the law and the news media : competing rights and interests

14. Media usage and public confidence in sentencing in Australia : a national study

15. Police communications in the social media age.

"Rupert Murdoch, Julian Assange and Mohamed Haneef have felt the heat that can develop in head-on encounters of the media and the law. Smart phones, social media and live updates have sharpened age-old dilemmas for the courts. The jury system is under threat, as jurors turn to Google - and defy instructions to stick to evidence. The news media struggle with inconsistent suppression orders. Judges wonder how to insulate justice from Twitter and Facebook. The eminent contributors to this book are Chief Justices, journalists, News Ltd.'s former CEO, legal scholars and court officials. They see the anxieties from different viewpoints - and the opportunities as well - but none is under illusions about how serious (and complex) the issues are becoming"-- Back cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

9781920831936

174 p. ; 23 cm