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Media rules, role and human rights

Mass Communication and Journalism (Code 63) · Unit 6 · ~11 min read · Original chapter

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Guidelines tell journalists not to name a child victim, not to show a body, not to prejudge a trial — but who enforces such rules, and what happens when the public's right to know pulls the other way? This chapter covers the Press Council, ministry and professional guidelines, the media's adversarial role, and the human-rights lens through which all media rules should be judged.

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