Sumários
Twitterleaks and the Streisand Effect
18 Outubro 2017, 12:00 • David Alan Prescott
Explanation (from texts in the anthology) of the attempts to sue the users of the Internet platform Twitter for being "secondary publishers" of injuncted material. Demonstration of how this is impossible in practice. Analysis of a text about the suicide of a "Twitter Troll" who had abused the parents of Madeleine McCann online. Analysis of the text that gave rise to the term "the Streisand Effect".
Superinjunctions
16 Outubro 2017, 12:00 • David Alan Prescott
Explaining of and analysis of how European Law has introduced a "right to privacy" into English law, meaning that anyone can allege that their privacy is at stake, permitting a judge to prohibit a newspaper or any other form of media publication from revealing details of the issues requested to be injuncted: furthermore, a "superinjunction" would allow the name of the person seeking such a ban to remain "anonymised".
Journalese and Headlinese
11 Outubro 2017, 12:00 • David Alan Prescott
Brief analysis of the language used by the written press in its headlines. Demonstration of how this style may have affected English usage over the last fifty years or so. Explanation that an inability to understand the headlines of a common newspaper int he UK or USA does not mean that the foreign user of English is less than competent: these styles are almost closed codes.