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Mass Media Law |
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| Other Titles: |
Critical balancing exercises concerning journalistic freedom |
| Authors: |
Pavlopoulos, Anastasios |
| Subject: | LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > LEGAL SCIENCES > INTERNAL LAW > MEDIA LAW LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > LEGAL SCIENCES > INTERNAL LAW > PUBLIC LAW > CONSTITUTIONAL LAW LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > LEGAL SCIENCES > INTERNATIONAL LAW > INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > LEGAL SCIENCES > EUROPEAN LAW LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > LEGAL SCIENCES > INTERNAL LAW > LAW ON PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > LEGAL SCIENCES > INTERNAL LAW > INFORMATICS LAW LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > POLITICAL SCIENCES > SYSTEMS OF RULE, STRUCTURES OF DOMINATION > POLITICS > COMMUNICATION POLICY > MEDIA POLICY LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > POLITICAL SCIENCES > FORMATION OF POLITICAL OPINION, DEVELOPMENT OF POLITICAL ORIENTATION > POLITICAL COMMUNICATION |
| Keywords: |
Media law
Journalistic freedom Freedom of expression Freedom of the press Censorship Fake news Pluralism National Council for Radio and Television Broadcasting Protection of journalistic sources SLAPP lawsuits Sharp political criticism Public figures Private life Personal data Internet Social media Right to be forgotten |
| Description: | |
| Abstract: |
This textbook examines Media Law as a field of critical constitutional and European balancing exercises concerning journalistic freedom. Starting with mass communication, the history of the press, and the role of the media as public watchdogs, it analyses freedom of expression, freedom of information, and freedom of the press as foundations of the democratic public sphere. Particular attention is paid to the publication, editing, and circulation of print media; journalists’ access to sources and public documents; the protection of journalistic sources; advertising; journalists’ employment issues; and the legal response to misinformation.
The book also covers broadcasting regulation, licensing, public service television, the role of the National Council for Radio and Television, political pluralism, program quality standards, protection of minors and hate speech. Its central concern is the balancing of journalistic freedom with other rights and interests: honour and reputation, private life, image rights, personal data, and the right to a fair trial. Through the case law of the European Court of Human Rights, the Court of Justice of the European Union, and Greek courts, it discusses sharp political criticism, public figures, SLAPP lawsuits, and media liability.
Finally, the textbook focuses on the most current challenges of the digital environment: the internet, social media, news portals, blogs, hyperlinks, net neutrality, the GDPR, the right to be forgotten, digital archives, content moderation, geo-blocking, and the evidentiary use of social media posts. It offers a comprehensive introduction to contemporary Media Law, focused on the conflicts that shape democratic communication today.
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| Linguistic Editors: |
Tzimogianni, Marianthi |
| Graphic Editors: |
Kaitsa, Elena-Natasa |
| Type: |
Undergraduate textbook |
| Creation Date: | 03-06-2026 |
| Item Details: | |
| ISBN |
978-618-228-379-0 |
| License: |
Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-1130 |
| Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/15385 |
| Bibliographic Reference: | Pavlopoulos, A. (2026). Mass Media Law [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-1130 |
| Language: |
Greek |
| Consists of: |
1. Mass Communication, Free Expression and Democracy 2. Freedom of the Press and the Publication of Print Media 3. The Editing and Circulation of Print Media 4. Freedom of broadcasting 5. Review by the National Council for Radio and Television: the principle of pluralism and quality standards of broadcasts (Part I) 6. Review by the National Council for Radio and Television: the principle of pluralism and quality standards of broadcasts (Part II) 7. Journalistic freedom 8. Exercising sharp political criticism (Part I) 9. Exercising sharp political criticism (Part II) 10. Private life 11. Internet and social media (Part I) 12. Internet and social media (Part II) |
| Number of pages |
424 |
| Publication Origin: |
Kallipos, Open Academic Editions |
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