Media and law review chapter 4 and 5
COMM 222
Test #2
Review sheet
The exam is on chapters 4 and 5, libel and privacy.
As before, there will be a section on matching, short answers, fill in the blank, multiple choice and essays.
If you understand the following terms and what they refer to you will be well prepared for the exam:
Privacy Libel
Appropriation Defamation
Commercial use Identification
False light Publication
Intrusion Fault
Knowing consent Falsity
Misappropriation Injury
Model release Private individual
Name or likeness Public Official
Newsworthiness defense Public figure
Outrage All-purpose public figure
Photo consent form Limited public figure
Private facts Actual malice
Public record privilege Negligence
Right to know Fair comment privilege
Right of publicity Fair report privilege Neutral reportage
Public record privilege Qualified priviledge
Truth as a defense
Libel
Slander
Know the defense(s) for the privacy torts
Libel Cases:
New York Times vs. Sullivan (1964)
• Know the facts of the case
• Know the reasons why the US Supreme Court voted 9-0 in favor of the Times
• Be able to discuss what things would be like today if the court had instead ruled in favor of Sullivan.
AP vs. Curtis (1967)
What are the facts of the case and the outcome, what did it mean?
Rosenbloom v. Metromedia (1971)
• What are the facts of the case and the outcome? What did it mean?
• What did the U.S. Supreme Court rule and why
Gertz vs. Robert Welch Inc. (1974)
• Know the facts of the case? What was the outcome and what did it mean?
• Understand what the ruling means
Richard Jewel
• What are the facts of this case, which we discussed in class.
• Why is Richard Jewel considered a limited public figure?
• Do you think he will win his case against the Atlanta Journal-Constitution?
Privacy cases:
Cantrell vs. Forest City Publishing (1967)
• Know the facts of the case
• Know how the
Test #2
Review sheet
The exam is on chapters 4 and 5, libel and privacy.
As before, there will be a section on matching, short answers, fill in the blank, multiple choice and essays.
If you understand the following terms and what they refer to you will be well prepared for the exam:
Privacy Libel
Appropriation Defamation
Commercial use Identification
False light Publication
Intrusion Fault
Knowing consent Falsity
Misappropriation Injury
Model release Private individual
Name or likeness Public Official
Newsworthiness defense Public figure
Outrage All-purpose public figure
Photo consent form Limited public figure
Private facts Actual malice
Public record privilege Negligence
Right to know Fair comment privilege
Right of publicity Fair report privilege Neutral reportage
Public record privilege Qualified priviledge
Truth as a defense
Libel
Slander
Know the defense(s) for the privacy torts
Libel Cases:
New York Times vs. Sullivan (1964)
• Know the facts of the case
• Know the reasons why the US Supreme Court voted 9-0 in favor of the Times
• Be able to discuss what things would be like today if the court had instead ruled in favor of Sullivan.
AP vs. Curtis (1967)
What are the facts of the case and the outcome, what did it mean?
Rosenbloom v. Metromedia (1971)
• What are the facts of the case and the outcome? What did it mean?
• What did the U.S. Supreme Court rule and why
Gertz vs. Robert Welch Inc. (1974)
• Know the facts of the case? What was the outcome and what did it mean?
• Understand what the ruling means
Richard Jewel
• What are the facts of this case, which we discussed in class.
• Why is Richard Jewel considered a limited public figure?
• Do you think he will win his case against the Atlanta Journal-Constitution?
Privacy cases:
Cantrell vs. Forest City Publishing (1967)
• Know the facts of the case
• Know how the