Sunday, 16 December 2012
Thursday, 6 December 2012
Secondry Reaserch for my final Idea
I will be answering five question's which will allow me to gain more in depth knowledge on the subject. The five questions which i will be covering in my documentry are ....
1. Are celebrities entitled to their own private life (can the media/journalists expose what they want about them)?
2. How does it effect the press ?
3. How does it effect the public?
4. What was the phone hacking scandal and how did it effect the celebrities?
5. What are the Laws already in place and should there be more?
1. Are celebrities entitles to their own private life?
Celebrity gossip has become the new craving in peoples lives and no longer does the UK public want to see news about a new film or a celebrity winning an award , now the most interesting part of the entertainment column in newspapers is who broke up with who ? and which latest celebrity's secret has been leaked. The news industry has now been forced into breaking privacy barriers and digging up every single detail about a celebrities life until the celebrity feels as if the newspapers are their private journals which is being viewed by millions around the country. In todays day and age we have advanced media tools such as social networks so everything can be spread to the mass audience in a matter of minuets. The question arises "do we have the right to invade a celebrities personal life?"
This is an opinion of a Minister who thinks they do have the right ..
"Although many aspects of the private lives of celebrities and public figures will inevitably enter the public domain, in my judgement it does not follow that even with self publicists every aspect and detail of their private lives are legitimate quarry for the journalist. They are entitled to some space of privacy," Mr Justice Morland
But Many people believe that when someone decides to be famous , this opens the gates into their own lives to be exposed , yet they cry invasion of privacy when everyone knows their business. We also do need to look at the fact that these celebrities do put a lot out for display and then cry wolf. A simple example would be a celebrity leaving a night club and then vomiting all over her dress , this would not be on the Sun's front papers the next day if the celebrity actually sobered her self up inside the club before coming out and acting drunk.
2. How does it effect the celebrity?
Celebrities are effected mentally and physically as these exposure of their lives and information they do not want out in the public can ruin their lives and leave them in a very lonely place as now millions of people know something which is suppose to be private. Some celebrities suffer from breakdowns and others like it due to the attention falling on them. There have been many cases of celebrities breaking down due to all the public attention ...
3.How does it effect the public?
The public are effected in numerous ways and have diffrent and varid opinions amongst them selves on the topic of privacy. Some people think that the celebrities/high profiled people are humans and have the same rights as we do , so their private lives should be respected. Others believe that since the celebrities have decided that they want to be someone other than a normal person and live their life exposed a sit is then their lives are not private in the first place so whatever is exposed is something which shouldn't be private in the first place.
Celebrities also causing a scene in public places can effect the public who are going about their daily lives. This is an example which i have picked out which shows clear proof of the disturbance of the public while paparazzi follow a celebrity about. In the video you can see Justin Bieber driving around while the paparazzi try to follow him and follow his every footstep , at around 1.33 you see how the celebrity gets annoyed at the paparazzi following him so he decides to stop the car and cause a traffic. Members of the public who are going around their daily lives get caught up in this mess and then get out of their cars to complain about the commotion which has been created just because the paparazzi are following a celebrity about. Many people like Justin Bieber would think this was wrong to follow him about and invade his privacy but others would believe that because he is a well known celebrity then the press have the right to follow him about in public spaces.
4.What was the news hacking scandal and how did it effect the celebrities?
This was a massive story which blew up in the UK and was the spark to the whole questioning if the UK Press have too much freedom and that there needs to be more restrictions and rules when it comes to the media in the UK.
"Employees of the newspaper were accused of engaging in phone hacking, police bribery, and exercising improper influence in the pursuit of publishing stories. Investigations conducted from 2005–2007 concluded that the paper's phone hacking activities were limited to celebrities, politicians and members of the British Royal Family. In July 2011, it was revealed that the phones of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, relatives of deceased British soldiers, and victims of the 7/7 London bombings were also accessed, resulting in a public outcry against News Corporation and owner Rupert Murdoch. Advertiser boycotts contributed to the closure of the News of the World on 10 July, ending 168 years of publication" - Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_International_phone_hacking_scandal)
The scandal has been exposed to the UK with full force as many people have been caught up in this undercover scandal which has been going on under every ones nose. The News of the World a UK leading Newspaper has been secretly hacking into the voicemail messages of important people to find stories and get scoop behind closed doors.Hacking has been a serious crime since the day anyone could remember.The fact that the media has been digging celebrities , government , soap stars and crime targets behind their backs have made a media splash as nearly most celebrities and high positioned people in the UK have become paranoid Links between News International employees, police chiefs and politicians have rocked this country's foundations and many people have been worried about who to trust ? as government and high foundational people have been linked to phone hacking.4,000 people whose names appear in documents seized in 2006 have been contacted and told they have been hacked. This recent hacking has left many people involved very traumatised and also very paranoid that people can be listening into phone calls and private conversations , this also played a part in which a murder case was left pending due to the hackers opening up the murdered victims voicemail. (I have covered the topic of the news hacking scandal and those who where involved before : http://mahdimediablog.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/what-is-all-fuss-about-phone-hacking.html )
5. What are the Laws already in place and should there be more?
1. Are celebrities entitled to their own private life (can the media/journalists expose what they want about them)?
2. How does it effect the press ?
3. How does it effect the public?
4. What was the phone hacking scandal and how did it effect the celebrities?
5. What are the Laws already in place and should there be more?
1. Are celebrities entitles to their own private life?
Celebrity gossip has become the new craving in peoples lives and no longer does the UK public want to see news about a new film or a celebrity winning an award , now the most interesting part of the entertainment column in newspapers is who broke up with who ? and which latest celebrity's secret has been leaked. The news industry has now been forced into breaking privacy barriers and digging up every single detail about a celebrities life until the celebrity feels as if the newspapers are their private journals which is being viewed by millions around the country. In todays day and age we have advanced media tools such as social networks so everything can be spread to the mass audience in a matter of minuets. The question arises "do we have the right to invade a celebrities personal life?"
This is an opinion of a Minister who thinks they do have the right ..
"Although many aspects of the private lives of celebrities and public figures will inevitably enter the public domain, in my judgement it does not follow that even with self publicists every aspect and detail of their private lives are legitimate quarry for the journalist. They are entitled to some space of privacy," Mr Justice Morland
But Many people believe that when someone decides to be famous , this opens the gates into their own lives to be exposed , yet they cry invasion of privacy when everyone knows their business. We also do need to look at the fact that these celebrities do put a lot out for display and then cry wolf. A simple example would be a celebrity leaving a night club and then vomiting all over her dress , this would not be on the Sun's front papers the next day if the celebrity actually sobered her self up inside the club before coming out and acting drunk.
2. How does it effect the celebrity?
Celebrities are effected mentally and physically as these exposure of their lives and information they do not want out in the public can ruin their lives and leave them in a very lonely place as now millions of people know something which is suppose to be private. Some celebrities suffer from breakdowns and others like it due to the attention falling on them. There have been many cases of celebrities breaking down due to all the public attention ...
3.How does it effect the public?
The public are effected in numerous ways and have diffrent and varid opinions amongst them selves on the topic of privacy. Some people think that the celebrities/high profiled people are humans and have the same rights as we do , so their private lives should be respected. Others believe that since the celebrities have decided that they want to be someone other than a normal person and live their life exposed a sit is then their lives are not private in the first place so whatever is exposed is something which shouldn't be private in the first place.
Celebrities also causing a scene in public places can effect the public who are going about their daily lives. This is an example which i have picked out which shows clear proof of the disturbance of the public while paparazzi follow a celebrity about. In the video you can see Justin Bieber driving around while the paparazzi try to follow him and follow his every footstep , at around 1.33 you see how the celebrity gets annoyed at the paparazzi following him so he decides to stop the car and cause a traffic. Members of the public who are going around their daily lives get caught up in this mess and then get out of their cars to complain about the commotion which has been created just because the paparazzi are following a celebrity about. Many people like Justin Bieber would think this was wrong to follow him about and invade his privacy but others would believe that because he is a well known celebrity then the press have the right to follow him about in public spaces.
4.What was the news hacking scandal and how did it effect the celebrities?
This was a massive story which blew up in the UK and was the spark to the whole questioning if the UK Press have too much freedom and that there needs to be more restrictions and rules when it comes to the media in the UK.
"Employees of the newspaper were accused of engaging in phone hacking, police bribery, and exercising improper influence in the pursuit of publishing stories. Investigations conducted from 2005–2007 concluded that the paper's phone hacking activities were limited to celebrities, politicians and members of the British Royal Family. In July 2011, it was revealed that the phones of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, relatives of deceased British soldiers, and victims of the 7/7 London bombings were also accessed, resulting in a public outcry against News Corporation and owner Rupert Murdoch. Advertiser boycotts contributed to the closure of the News of the World on 10 July, ending 168 years of publication" - Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_International_phone_hacking_scandal)
The scandal has been exposed to the UK with full force as many people have been caught up in this undercover scandal which has been going on under every ones nose. The News of the World a UK leading Newspaper has been secretly hacking into the voicemail messages of important people to find stories and get scoop behind closed doors.Hacking has been a serious crime since the day anyone could remember.The fact that the media has been digging celebrities , government , soap stars and crime targets behind their backs have made a media splash as nearly most celebrities and high positioned people in the UK have become paranoid Links between News International employees, police chiefs and politicians have rocked this country's foundations and many people have been worried about who to trust ? as government and high foundational people have been linked to phone hacking.4,000 people whose names appear in documents seized in 2006 have been contacted and told they have been hacked. This recent hacking has left many people involved very traumatised and also very paranoid that people can be listening into phone calls and private conversations , this also played a part in which a murder case was left pending due to the hackers opening up the murdered victims voicemail. (I have covered the topic of the news hacking scandal and those who where involved before : http://mahdimediablog.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/what-is-all-fuss-about-phone-hacking.html )
5. What are the Laws already in place and should there be more?
The right to privacy arises because Britain has incorporated the European Convention on Human Rights into our national laws. Article 8 says that "everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life". But a little way further is Article 10, which guarantees the freedom of expression and freedom of the press. The confusing statement here does certainly not stop newspapers and magazines from publishing things about celebrities , and does contradict its self. I will not present a case study in where a celebrity who filed a law suit against the Daily Mirror because of privacy breach:
Naomi Campbell is a supermodel and is known world wide , in 2002 she won a case against the Daily Mirror for publishing images of her leaving a drug concealing meeting. Naomi had sued the tabloid for breaching her private life and said she was "shocked , angry and betrayed". The court was in her favour and decided ti pay her £3.500 in damages. However four months later the decision was overturned and the court ordered the model to pay the tabloid's legal cost at £350.000.
Here is a link which states some privacy Law's in the UK : http://www.findlaw.co.uk/law/government/constitutional_law/fundamental_rights/500284.html
Here is a link which states some privacy Law's in the UK : http://www.findlaw.co.uk/law/government/constitutional_law/fundamental_rights/500284.html
Monday, 3 December 2012
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