Description:

After eleven successful reprints of the first edition, Media Law and Ethics has come out as the revised and updated second edition.

Designed as a textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students of journalism, mass communication, visual communication, electronic media and other related media courses, this compact text provides a detailed description of the rules, Acts and ethics concerning advertising, print, electronic and film media as prevalent in India. Besides students, journalists and other media professionals who cover courts and law-related beats would also find this book immensely valuable.

The book gives an account of the history of media law in India and discusses the specific provisions in the Constitution of India which are essential for a journalist to know. It defines the concepts of freedom of media, defamation and Intellectual Property Rights. In addition to covering different types of cybercrimes, it includes the regulations related to print media, broadcast media, film media, online media and advertising. The book throws light on media law concerning women and children. The ethical Codes of conduct relevant to print media, broadcast media, online media and advertising are included in the book. The book also includes several important cases to enable students to relate various Acts and regulations to real-life situations.

WHAT IS NEW TO THE SECOND EDITION?

• Salient features of the Press and Periodicals Act 2023.

• Provisions of the recently implemented Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023 and Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 relevant to media (in addition to the IPC and CrPC).

• Amendments to the Intellectual Property Rights including the Copyright Amendment Act of 2012.

• Amendments to Cinematograph Act and Information Technology Act.

• Information Technology (Procedure and safeguards for Interception, Monitoring and Decryption of Information) Rules 2009, Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking for Access of Information by Public) Rules, 2009, and Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.

• Ethical code for online media.

TARGET AUDIENCE

• B.A. (Mass Communication)

• B.A. (Journalism & Mass Communication)

• B.A. in Digital Media and Communication

• B.A. + LLB (Hons.) Integrated Program

• M.A. (Media Business Studies)