Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
12-2015
Abstract
The determination of the appropriate scope of protection of reputation in the tort of defamation is crucially dependent on the construction of defamatory meaning. With the continuing rise of Internet publications, it is important to assess the impact of the various modes of Internet communications such as Internet websites, hyperlinking, blogs, emails, Twitter, Facebook and other forms of social media on defamatory meaning. Such defamatory meaning is being constructed based on the unique contexts and social expectations that have been generated by the various modes of Internet communications. The potential impact on defamatory meaning can also be assessed from the perspectives of the diverse online communities.
Discipline
Internet Law | Law and Society
Publication
Singapore Academy of Law Journal
Volume
27
Issue
SI
First Page
694
Last Page
730
ISSN
0218-2009
Citation
CHAN, Gary Kok Yew.
Reputation and Defamatory Meaning on the Internet: Communications, Contexts and Communities. (2015). Singapore Academy of Law Journal. 27, (SI), 694-730.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/1556
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