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Mass Media Law
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
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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.
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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