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Changing the conversation: can the phone hacking scandal lead to a new covenant on media responsibilities? / Thomas, Ryan J

Thomas, Ryan J	Journal Article
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2012.

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This article examines the implications of the 2011 phone hacking scandal for press freedom in the United Kingdom. Specifically, it argues that the language of rights has too long dominated public discourse, which has led to discussion of media responsibilities being evaded. The article argues that there is now an opportunity for a radical restructuring of the relationship between the press, the public, and the political system that restores the media to their rightful role as a watchdog on government and steward of the people. It points to the need for independent regulation of the press and a statutory right of reply as means through which the relationship between media and citizen can be recast on the grounds of obligation and responsibility but argues that it is only when we move away from a framework grounded in rights to one grounded in responsibilities that meaningful change can flourish.

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Freedom of the Press ; Media Regulation ; Phone Hacking ; Media Responsibilities ; News International ; Right of Reply

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In court with the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission: old battles and new identities in the context of reform / Kitley, Philip

Kitley, Philip	Journal Article
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2008.

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President Soeharto's resignation on May 1998 came as a result of intense dissatisfaction with his management of the economy and public dissatisfaction with rent-seeking activities of his family and cronies. The resignation ushered in a heady period of reformasi or reform, marked by a euphoric return to democratic national elections in 1999 and legislation which sought to write reform into national politics and governance. The Press Act of 23 September 1999, electoral reform, the abolition of the Department of Information and the creation of new independent watchdog bodies were part of a process which placed the rule of law and accountability to the public centre stage in Indonesia. In the five years since the 1999 national elections, however, conservative political and cultural forces have resorted to litigation and law and order rhetoric to slow down and even reverse the reform agenda. In this article the process of reform resistance through legal deadweighting is documented and explored in an examination of an excessive resort to judicial remedies brought against the work of the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission in its first period of office.

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Media ; Indonesia ; Rule of Law ; Democratic transition ; Indonesian Broadcasting Commission ; Media Regulation

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