Media and Public Shaming: Drawing the Boundaries of Disclosure (Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism)

The Media Today, And Especially The National Press, Are Frequently In Conflict With People In The Public Eye, Particularly Politicians And Celebrities, Over The Disclosure Of Private Information And Behaviour. Historically, Journalists Have Argued That 'naming And Shaming' Serious Wrong-doing And Behaviour On The Part Of Public Officials Is Justified As Being In The Public Interest. However, When The Media Spotlight Is Shone On Perfectly Legal Personal Behaviour, Family Issues And Sexual Orientation, And When, In Particular, This Involves Ordinary People, The Question Arises Of Whether Such Matters Are Really In The 'public Interest' In Any Meaningful Sense Of The Term. In This Book, Leading Academics, Commentators And Journalists From A Variety Of Different Cultures, Consider The Extent To Which The Media Are Entitled To Reveal Details Of People's Private Lives, The Laws And Regulations Which Govern Such Revelations, And Whether These Are Still Relevant In The Age Of Social Media.--publisher's Website. To Punish, Inform, And Criticise : The Goals Of Naming And Shaming / Jacob Rowbottom -- Public Interest Or Public Shaming? / Julian Petley -- Privacy And The Freedom Of The Press : A False Dichotomy / Simon Dawes -- On Privacy : From Mill To Mosley / Julian Petley -- Disclosure And Public Shaming In The Age Of New Visibility / Hanne Detel -- Cultural And Gender Differences In Self-disclosure On Social Networking Sites / Jingwei Wu And Heng Lu -- Crime News And Privacy : Comparing Crime Reporting In Sweden, The Netherlands, And The United Kingdom / Romayne Smith Fullerton And Maggie Jones Patterson -- The Dominique Strauss-kahn Scandal : Mediating Authenticity In Le Monde And The New York Times / Julia Lefkowitz -- Public Interest And Individual Taste In Disclosing An Irish Minister's Illness / Kevin Rafter -- Visible 'evidence' In Tv News : Regulating Privacy In The Public Interest? / Tim Dwyer -- John Leslie : The Naming And Shaming Of An Innocent Man / Adrian Quinn -- The Two Cultures / John Lloyd. Edited By Julian Petley. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The media today are frequently in conflict with people in the public eye - be they politicians and celebrities - over the disclosure of private information and behaviour. Historically, journalists have had latitude to 'name and shame' malfeasance of public officials and criminal behaviour, but disputes are increasingly emerging over disclosure of non-criminal personal behaviour, family issues and sexual orientation, leading commentators to question what information can really be described as being in the 'public interest'. In this book, leading academics, commentators and journalists consider