Privacy and the media: Disclosure of truthful information
Week Ending: 02/27/10: What role does the media play in our discusion as a potential violator of our individual privacy? Who deserves more or less privacy with respect to media intrusion? Where are we entitled to more or less privacy? Our cases this week illustrate some key privacy concepts. Assigned Reading
Gill v. Hearst Publ. Co. Recommended Reading Daily Times Democrat v. Graham Miller v. Motorola, Inc. Sipple v. Chronicle Publ. Co. Shulman v. Group W. Prod'ns, Inc.
Assigned Audio-Video Privacy and Security in an On-Demand World video presentation at the University of Washington How the Media Shapes Perception from Talk of the Nation Does the First Amendment provide too much protection for our media? from Talk of the Nation Class Lecture - Part 1 (MP3) Class Lecture - Part 2 (MP3)
Written Assignment After reading and listening to this week's materials I would like you to review this debate primer by Alastair Endersby entitled: Should the private lives of public figures be open to press scrutiny? Once you have, I want the men in the class to take the side of advocating in favor of the notion that these people's private lives should be open to public reporting and discourse. The woman in the class should take the opposite position. Please make your argument between 400-800 words and post it to our Discussion Forum on Westlaw by noon Saturday, February 27th.