1. 1 Legal and Ethical Considerations Matakuliah: G0462 English for Broadcasting Tahun: 2005/2006 Legal Restraints Ethical Concerns

2. 2 Legal Restraints Obscenity and Indecency Libel Commercial Speech Copyright

3. 3 Obscenity and Indecency Different definitions Different jurisdictions Different media

4. 4 Libel A person who feels that his or her reputation has been damaged by a publication.

5. 5 Commercial Speech Protection to truthful advertising for legal products, except when the government can demonstrate an overriding public interest in regulating.

6. 6 Copyright The Constitution (Article 1 Section 8) gives power to Congress “to promote the progress of science and the useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.

7. 7 Ethical Concerns Ethics and News Ethics and advertising Ethics and Entertainment Programming

8. 8 Ethics and News Maintaining Objectivity Seeking the Truth Invasion of Privacy Withholding Information Loyalty Conflicts of Interest

9. 9 Ethics and Advertising

10. 10 Ethics and Entertainment Programming Violence Stereotyping Mixing entertainment and News