Media: A Tenacious Right Or A Reformative Risk
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Media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to PrivacyAbstract
"The press is the only tocsin of a nation. When it is completely silenced all means of a general effort are taken away." -Thomas Jefferson With great powers comes great responsibility. Since the media has grown over the period of time and, it is powerful enough to mould a society, either develop or destruct it, some rules and regulations are required to maintain the balance between the rights and obligations of media, so that the media cannot abridge the rights of an individual, institution and a private body. The media is deemed to be the fourth estate and freedom of the media is an essential feature of all democratic states. A discussion of the whole concept of media laws seems essential which has been the purpose of this manuscript. The manuscript attempts to discuss at length media laws. The first part of this manuscript discusses the process of regulation and ownership of media; the middle part deals with the constitutional aspects of broadcasting such as free speech and privacy. The latter part deals with the obscenity laws, and international media law, thereafter concluding the manuscript and the point of view of the author
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