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

The Dark Side of Watching: Theoretical and Ethical Challenges of Live Streamed Suicides

Matt Corr and Tim Michaels

Are We All Journalists Now?: Professional Ideology and the Legal and Ethical Implications of Live Streaming

Wendy M. Weinhold

The History of Liveness and Mass Shootings: Adapting to Social Media

Chelsea Daggett

Research Ethics of Livestream Data

Nicolas M. Legewie and Anne Nassauer

Fixed? The Law of Live-Streaming

Brian N. Larson and Genelle I. Belmas

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

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 Studies at the University of Northern Iowa.
Zhuojun Joyce Chen is professor emeritus in the Department of Communication Studies 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, Legal Ethics & Professional Conduct