Legal and Ethical Issues of Live Streaming

This book uses a critical lens to discuss live stream uses and misuses, as well as the impacts of live streaming on various fields. In the landscape of the historical evolution of communication technologies, this volume opens up a new space for discussing legal and ethical issues associated with the use of live streaming.

List of contents

1.Introduction: The Sacredness of Life as Protonorm
Clifford G. Christians

2.The Dark Side of Watching: Theoretical and Ethical Challenges of Live Streamed Suicides
Matt Corr and Tim Michaels

3.Are We All Journalists Now?: Professional Ideology and the Legal and Ethical Implications of Live Streaming
Wendy M. Weinhold
4.The History of Liveness and Mass Shootings: Adapting to Social Media
Chelsea Daggett

5.Research Ethics of Livestream Data
Nicolas M. Legewie and Anne Nassauer

6.Fixed? The Law of Live-Streaming
Brian N. Larson and Genelle I. Belmas

7.You Can Doesn't Mean You Should: The Rationale and Ethics of Live Streaming Crimes
Melissa L. Beall, Shing-Ling S. Chen, and Laura Terlip

8.Watch at Your Own Risk: Trauma and Live Stream Viewing
Melissa L. Beall, Shing-Ling S. Chen, and Laura Terlip

About the Authors

About the author

Shing-Ling S. Chen is professor of mass communication in the Department of Communication and Media at the University of Northern Iowa.Zhuojun Joyce Chen is professor emeritus in the Department of Communication and Media at the University of Northern Iowa.Nicole Allaire is associate teaching professor in the Department of English at Iowa State University.

Summary

This book uses a critical lens to discuss live stream uses and misuses, as well as the impacts of live streaming on various fields. In the landscape of the historical evolution of communication technologies, this volume opens up a new space for discussing legal and ethical issues associated with the use of live streaming.

Product details

• Authors: Shing-Ling S. Chen Chen
• Assisted by: Nicole Allaire (Editor), Shing-Ling S. Chen (Editor), Zhuojun Joyce Chen (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9781793615411
• ISBN: 978-1-79361-541-1
• No. of pages: 178
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Media Studies, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LAW / Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Legal Ethics & Professional Conduct, Legal ethics and professional conduct