媒体与名誉侵权

　　通过对媒介法律顾问、记者、编辑、媒体管理者的访谈以及近20来年的媒体名誉权案件的分析，《媒体与名誉侵权》发现：大部分媒体名誉权官司原告为普通公民，在案件讨论中侧重于损害的名誉的救济而不是言论自由的争论。同时，商业化的媒体更多地注重自身经济利益诉求和成本核算而不是看重普遍的言论自由权利的拓展。从自身经济利益和成本考虑，名誉权官司使得媒体更严谨对待报道和报道者的权益，反倒有利于促进媒体报道的真实和媒体伦理的发展，从一定程度上说，有利于言论而不是钳制言论。并且，从整个名誉权法律的设计和具体司法实践中名誉权案件的处理来看，中国名誉权法律的设计本身没有对言论的钳制和惩罚设置，而具体司法实践对名誉权官司的处理中，主要目的也是用来保护名誉权和为名誉损害提供救济，无论是原告还是法院都较少利用名誉权官司本身来惩罚言论。

　　陈晓彦，媒体法博士，主要研究方向为媒体法律、媒体政策和媒体伦理。2008年于南洋理工大学（新加坡）获得媒体法博士学位，2001年在国内通过律师资格考试并获司法部颁发的律师资格证书。迄今已在媒体侵权、互联网管理等领域发表中、英文论文若干，并多次赴美国、德国、英国以及香港地区等参加国际学术会议、研讨会和进行学术交流。

FOREWORD
PREFACE
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
The Nature of the Law of Defamation and Its Development
The Law of Defamation in China
Research Questions
Source Materials and Method
Organization
CHAPTER 2 THE EVOLUTION OF DEFAMATION LAW IN CHINA
Defamation law in imperial China
Free speech in traditional China
The approach to balance sedition punishment and free speech
Defamation law in late Qing and the republican China
Legal rejuvenation of protection of reputation
Constitutional protection of freedom of expression
Public opinion supervision and the law of defamation
Conclusion
CHAPTER 3 LEGAL FRAMEWORD OF DEFAMATION IN CHINA
Elements of Defamation
The reputation of the victim has been harmed
Defamatory statements
Publication
Harm to reputation
Causality exists between the illegal act and the harm to reputation
Subjective fault
Parties
public figures
The deceased
Media and media-related defendants
Jurisdiction
Defenses
truth
privilege
The right to criticize
Remedies
stoppage of infringement
rehabilitation of reputation and elimination of adverse influence
apology
damage
Conclusion
CHAPTER 4 MEDIA ENVIRONMENT IN CHINA
Changing Media Landscape
earlier history
emergence of non-party media
media commercialization
Legal and Political Pressures on the Media
media ownership
licensing
screening
forbidden content
personal management system
Party Journalism and Media Corruption
Conclusion
CHAPTER 5 DEFAMATION LITIGATION AGAINST THE MEDIA: AN OVERVIEW OF COURT-PUBLISHED CASES 115
Source Materials and Method
Overall Trend
Plaintiffs
ordinary persons
allegation of criminal/illegal activity and official report privilege
exposure of personal details and privacy protection
allegation of moral failings and the use of insulting words
allegation of unpopular behaviors or subjecting the plaintiff to ridicule
professionals
famous persons
government officials and government entities
relatives of the deceased
corporate plaintiffs
Defendants
party newspapers and non-party newspapers defendants
internet defamation
Remedies
non-monetary remedies
damages
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CHAPTER 6 DEFAMATION LITIGATION IN A LEADING MEDIA CITY: THE CASE OF CHENGDU
CHATPER 7 DEFAMATION, THE MEDIA AND FREE SPEECH
APPENDICES
REFERENCES