February 14, 2017
The rise of social media has caused me to experience fear of missing out every time I unlock my phone...
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The term "fake news" is subjective. From my perspective, fake news is anything that I see on a news satire page, or news about...
Read MoreJanuary 31, 2017
Does fake news really exist?! Now, more so than ever, fake news does in fact exist in our day and age. Fake news can be characterized...
Read MoreJanuary 24, 2017
In order for a statement to be defamatory, it must be published. This means that the statement must be seen or read, as well as understood...
Read MoreJanuary 18, 2017
No one likes to be the subject of gossip. However, a plaintiff has no redress under the law regarding true rumors because a statement's...
Read MoreJanuary 11, 2017
Defamation may seem simple, but when it comes to present day American defamation law, there are five requirements a statement must meet in...
Read MoreJanuary 5, 2017
Today, because defamation is a civil tort, the burden lies with the plaintiff to prove his case by a preponderance of the evidence, i.e...
Read MoreDecember 21, 2016
When is humor outrageous enough to appear unreasonable? And how does that affect a statement's defamatory nature? In this post we'll look in...
Read MoreDecember 20, 2016
Today we'll take a quick look at three cases that heavily impacted the way defamation law evolved from the turn of the 20th Century all the...
Read MoreDecember 20, 2016
So, where did "gossip law" actually begin? How was it formed? And how has it evolved over the centuries? Before diving deep into this...
Read MoreDecember 7, 2016
"Jamie told Jesse that Frank heard from Sam…" Statements and writings that are labeled "gossip" by both media tabloids and middle...
Read MoreNovember 30, 2016
Eryn Ramsey, a student in Jon Pfeiffer's law class at Pepperdine University, explores a case where a model body-shamed a woman on Snapchat.
Read MoreNovember 23, 2016
Peter Jacob, a student in Jon Pfeiffer's Fall 2016 Media Law class at Pepperdine University, wrote the following essay in...
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