Libel
Fair Use
Copyright
Student Press Law
Credibility and Bias
100

publication of false statements of fact that damage someone's reputation

What is Libel?

100

when someone besides the copyright owner can use a portion of a copyrighted work without permission

What is fair use?

100

a set of federal laws in the U.S. Constitution granting authors and artists the exclusive right to benefit from their creations

What is copyright?

100

"established that student speech is protected from censorship except for Speech that invades the rights of others (unprotected speech) and Speech that creates a material and substantial disruption of normal school activities"

What is Tinker v. Des Moines?

100

how much trust the public/your readers have in your publication to provide accurate information, told objectively, to allow the consumer to make up their mind

What is credibility?

200

spoken version of defamation

What is slander?

200

literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule.

What is parody?

200

the state of belonging or being available to the public as a whole, and therefore not subject to copyright

What is public domain?

200

"established that Censorship must be "reasonably related to legitimate pedagogical concerns."

What is Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier?

200

presenting information from only one side, or through the language of your writing, indicating that one side's view is more valid than the other

What is bias?

300

someone who has, or appears to the public to have, a substantial responsibility for or control over governmental affairs

What is public official?
300

causing a marked change in someone or something

What is transformative?

300

unauthorized use of someone else's work protected by copyright

What is copyright infringement?

300

the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information

What is censorship?

300

writing or story selection that favors a particular political party leaning

What is partisan bias?

400

the reporter didn't do their homework or made a mistake that a reasonable reporter would not have

What is negligence?

400

relating to, measuring, or measured by the quantity of something

What is quantitative?

400

a work for which copyright ownership belongs to the party who commissioned or hired the creator, not the creator themselves

What is work for hire?

400

A review of a publication's content (e.g., articles, photos, graphics) by an authority figure before it is made public

What is prior review?

400

favoring stories that are sensational (violent, sexual, criminal, etc.), which can give the impression that these events are more common than they actually are

What is sensationalism?

500

requires the plaintiff prove that the statement in question was published by those who either knew that it was false or were reckless in verifying its accuracy

What is actual malice?

500

relating to, measuring, or measured by the quality of something

What is qualitative?

500

a court order to stop violating a copyright

What is injunctive relief?

500

provides protection to student journalists in 18 states, essentially rolling back student press freedoms in that state to the Tinker standard

What is New Voices legislation?

500

covering or not covering something based on race, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation or ethnic group

What is demographic bias?