TO: Faculty in Culture Com, Legal Studies, Journalism, Strat Com, & TVR
FROM: Cathy Michael, Communications and Legal Studies Librarian
DATE: December 17th, 2009
Seasons Greetings! Here is a report of Acquisitions to date. Note that my colleagues also purchase titles that may be of interest to you so ask me if you don’t see something. I’ve appended [...]
Archive for the ‘Legal Studies’ Category
Library News & Acquisitions Summary
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Gaming, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News, Public Relations, Radio, Television on December 17, 2009 | Comments Off
TechRadar: EU cookie consent law
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, InfoTech, Integrated Marketing Communications, Legal Studies on December 14, 2009 | Comments Off
Robertson, S. (2009, November 10). Cookie consent law is breathtakingly stupid. Tech Radar UK. Retrieved December 14, 2009, from http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/cookie-consent-law-is-breathtakingly-stupid-648740
Can’t recall where I spied this article. Foreign reporters are wonderfully frank; here is the lede:
A law that demands consent to internet cookies has been approved and will be in force across the EU within 18 [...]
MLPB: FCC appoints scholar in residence
Posted in Legal Studies, Public Relations, Radio, Television on December 14, 2009 | Comments Off
Corcos, C. (2009, December 11). FCC Appoints First “Scholar in Residence,” Stuart Benjamin. Media Law Prof Blog. Retrieved December 14, 2009, from http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/media_law_prof_blog/2009/12/fcc-appoints-first-scholar-in-residence-stuart-benjamin.html
Prof. Stuart M. Benjamin’s page (cited in MLPB).
RCFP: Dod in doo-doo
Posted in Journalism, Legal Studies on December 14, 2009 | Comments Off
Eastburg, R. (2009, December 11). Pentagon cited for thwarting Guantanamo access. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. Retrieved December 14, 2009, from http://www.rcfp.org/newsitems/index.php?i=11168
According to the RCFP, “A federal judge held the Defense Department in contempt of court Thursday because it disobeyed a court order to videotape the release hearing of a Guantanamo Bay detainee.”
CMLP: Public Libraries & the need for bandwidth
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, InfoTech, Legal Studies, Library News on December 14, 2009 | Comments Off
Moshirnia, Andrew. (2009, December 7). The Library Police: Why a Shortage of Bandwidth is Turning Librarians into Traffic Cops. Citizen Media Law Project. Retrieved December 14, 2009, from http://www.citmedialaw.org/blog/2009/library-police-why-shortage-bandwidth-turning-librarians-traffic-cops
Compares “capping bandwidth” due to the lack of adequate bandwidth to issues of filtering and net neutrality.
Check out the ALA Washington Office page for more info on [...]
LexisNexis Academic Webinar Schedule
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News, Public Relations, Radio, Television on December 14, 2009 | Comments Off
See the website to register.
Tuesday, December 29, 12 Noon (EST)
Monday, January 4, 2:00 p.m. (EST)
Tuesday, January 5, 4:00 p.m. (EST)
Wednesday, January 6, 12 Noon (EST)
Wednesday, January 6, 2:00 p.m. (EST)
Monday, January 11, 2:00 p.m. (EST)
Tuesday, January 12, 12 Noon (EST)
Tuesday, January 12, 2:00 p.m. (EST)
Tuesday, January 12, 4:00 p.m. (EST)
Tuesday, January 19, 12 Noon (EST)
RCFP: Shield bill passes Senate Judiciary -goes to full Senate
Posted in Indymedia, Journalism, Legal Studies on December 11, 2009 | Comments Off
Abello, C. (2009, December 10). Federal shield bill passes Senate judiciary committee. Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press. Retrieved December 11, 2009, from http://www.rcfp.org/newsitems/index.php?i=11167
Now it goes to the full Senate. According to Abello, the definition of what is a journalist was further discussed: “…the committee approved the bill with its previous definition of [...]
Gamers wanted
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Conferences &Events, Culture and Communications, Gaming, Indymedia, InfoTech, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News, Media Literacy, Public Relations, Television on December 9, 2009 | Comments Off
Students in the Game Design class have created 9 original videogames. They need play testers to help them find any last minute bugs and give feedback to improve the games.
When: Thursday, 12/10/9, 1:30 to 3:00
Where: Park 273
Come play some games, give some feedback
New York Times: FTC, privacy and technology
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, InfoTech, Integrated Marketing Communications, Legal Studies, Library News, Public Relations on December 8, 2009 | Comments Off
Clifford, S. (2009, December 8). Groups Far Apart on Online Privacy Oversight. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/business/media/08adco.html?_r=1
Covers the FTC roundtable on online privacy that included, “academics, consumer advocates and executives from Google, Microsoft, and Wal-Mart.”
Multichannel: FTC wants more restrictions on advertising violent content on tv
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Gaming, Integrated Marketing Communications, Legal Studies, Media Literacy, Public Relations, Television on December 4, 2009 | Comments Off
Eggerton, J. (2009, December 3). FTC Wants More Restrictions On Advertising Violent Content On TV. Multichannel News. Retrieved December 4, 2009, from http://www.multichannel.com/article/426294-FTC_Wants_More_Restrictions_On_Advertising_Violent_Content_On_TV.php
FTC release 12/3/09
HERE IS A PDF COPY OF THE REPORT
New York Times: G.E. Comcast Deal
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Indymedia, InfoTech, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News, Media Literacy, Public Relations, Radio, Television on December 3, 2009 | Comments Off
Arango, T. (2009, December 4). Comcast Gets NBC From G.E. in Deal That Reshapes TV. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/business/media/04nbc.htmlNY
More Big Media. If this deal disturbs you, see FreePress.
Trailer: “The Most Dangerous Man in America” in re: the Pentagon Papers
Posted in Journalism, Legal Studies, Radio, Television on December 2, 2009 | Comments Off
Check it out from Multimedia Services @ IC Library: DVD 4230
more about “Trailer — Most Dangerous Man“, posted with vodpod
RCFP: DoD v. ACLU on the torture photos
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Media Literacy, Television on December 1, 2009 | Comments Off
Fleschert, M. (2009, November 30). High court throws out order to release torture photos. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. Retrieved December 1, 2009, from http://www.rcfp.org/newsitems/index.php?i=11143
The Supreme Court sent the cast back to the Appellate Court:
The high court ordered the appeals court to reconsider the case in light of a provision of the homeland [...]
Ebrary: service down from 8 to 9 pm
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News, Public Relations, Radio, Television on November 30, 2009 | Comments Off
From Ebrary:
Ebrary has notified us that there will be a scheduled upgrade to the system today from 8:00-9:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. During this period, ebrary may not be available. (see details below):
Dear ebrary Customer,
ebrary will be deploying a new system release from 5:00PM to 6:00PM
US Pacific Standard Time (UTC – 8) on Monday November [...]
CPJ: Free Speech Protection Act
Posted in Culture and Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies on November 23, 2009 | Comments Off
Mahoney, R. (2009, November 16). Free Speech Protection Act could slow ‘libel tourism’. Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved November 23, 2009, from http://cpj.org/blog/2009/11/free-speech-protection-act-libel-tourism.php
Looks at the issue of ‘libel tourism’ including pending legislation in the U.S. on the state and federal levels.
see also:
Bright, A. (2009, November 20). Is Britain Putting an End to Libel Tourism? Citizen [...]
News Media and the Law, Fall 2009
Posted in Journalism, Legal Studies on November 20, 2009 | Comments Off
I copied the TOC — it links to the RCFP site:
COMMENTARY
Jack Nelson was a journalist
Reporters Committee co-founder championed a federal shield law, but didn’t see it passed
FEATURE
Who is a “journalist?”
And why does it matter?
FEATURE
Expanding Exemptions
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide two First Amendment cases that challenge whether campaign finance and animal cruelty laws unfairly restrict [...]
Commoner Letter: Kleinman (UMich Lib) testimonial
Posted in Culture and Communications, Legal Studies, Library News on November 16, 2009 | Comments Off
Domicone, A., & Kleinman, M. (2009, November 16). Commoner Letter #4: Molly Kleinman of the University of Michigan – Creative Commons. Commoner Letter. Retrieved November 16, 2009, from http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/19158
Part of a series of testimonials / requests for support by advocates and CC users that illustrates the importance of the Creative Commons.
Variety: shield law expected to win approval
Posted in Indymedia, Journalism, Legal Studies on November 16, 2009 | Comments Off
Harris, P. (2009, November 15). Shield law expected to win approval: Committee will meet Thursday about legislation. Variety. Retrieved November 16, 2009, from http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118011390.html?categoryId=14&cs=1&nid=2248
An excerpt:
The committee [Senate Judiciary] is slated to meet Thursday to approve a measure that would allow judges in certain cases to quash subpoenas for information concerning confidential sources. The provision is [...]
Chronicle: Google Book update
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, InfoTech, Legal Studies, Library News, Public Relations on November 16, 2009 | Comments Off
Howard,, J. (2009, November 15). Parties Submit New Proposal to Settle Google Book Search Litigation – Publishing. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved November 16, 2009, from http://chronicle.com/article/Parties-Submit-New-Proposal-to/49163/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Howard wrote a clear and concise article on the current issues and parties involved in the legislation. She cites the Open Book Alliance’s dissatisfaction posted to its blog [...]
MediaPost: FTC urged to limit online data collection
Posted in InfoTech, Integrated Marketing Communications, Legal Studies on November 11, 2009 | Comments Off
Davis, W. (2010, November 9). FTC Urged To Clamp Down On Data Collection Online 11/11/2009. MediaPost Publications. Retrieved November 11, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=117202
Davis includes perspectives from the Interactive Advertising Bureau, Center for Democracy & Technology & others. The FTC has scheduled discussions on this issue for December 7th: see: Exploring Privacy: a Roundtable Series (12/7/09)
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