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13 Cards in this Set
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Ethics |
moral principles that govern a person's or group's behavior |
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credibility
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the quality of being trusted and believed in.
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objectivity
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the quality of being objective.
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slander
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the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation.
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fair comment
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fair comment is a legal term for a common law defense in defamation cases (libel or slander). |
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composite characters
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In fiction, a composite character is a character composed of two or more real life or fictional individuals, appearing in a fictional or non-fictional work. |
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libel |
a published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation.
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right of reply
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The right of reply generally means the right to defend oneself against public criticism in the same venue where it was published
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privileged statements
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An exchange of information between two individuals in a confidential relationship. A privileged communication is a private statement
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in loco parentis
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the legal idea that school authorities act "in place of the parent" and assume a parent's rights, duties and responsibilities; this concept was apparently struck down in the Tinker case |
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prior restraint
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censorship, or restraint in advance of publication
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plagiarism
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the taking and using as one's own the writings or inventions of another person
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forum theory
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Legal idea that in a public high school or in a public college when a publication provides a forum for student opinion no one person stands in the position of publisher and the state has an obligation to maintain the publication as a public forum.
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