Legal and Ethical Issues of Live Streaming explores the potential legal and ethical issues of using live streaming technology, citing that although live streaming has a broadcasting capability, it is not regulated by the Federal Communications Commission, unlike other broadcasting media such as radio or television. Without this regulation, live streaming is opened up for broad use and misuse, including broadcasts of horrifying incidents such as the mass shootings at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand in 2019, sparking outrage and fear about the technology. Contributors provide a pathway to move forward with ethical and legal use of live streaming by analyzing the wide spectrum of critical issues through the lens of communication, ethics, and law. Scholars of legal studies, ethics, communication, and media studies will find this book particularly useful.
Shing-Ling S. Chen is professor of mass communication in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Northern Iowa. Zhuojun Joyce Chen is professor emeritus in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Northern Iowa. Nicole Allaire is associate teaching professor in the Department of English at Iowa State University.
Introduction: The Sacredness of Life as Protonorm Clifford G. Christians The Dark Side of Watching: Theoretical and Ethical Challenges of Live Streamed Suicides Matt Corr and Tim Michaels Are We All Journalists Now?: Professional Ideology and the Legal and Ethical Implications of Live Streaming Wendy M. Weinhold The History of Liveness and Mass Shootings: Adapting to Social Media Chelsea Daggett Research Ethics of Livestream Data Nicolas M. Legewie and Anne Nassauer Fixed? The Law of Live-Streaming Brian N. Larson and Genelle I. Belmas You Can Doesn't Mean You Should: The Rationale and Ethics of Live Streaming Crimes Melissa L. Beall, Shing-Ling S. Chen, and Laura Terlip Watch at Your Own Risk: Trauma and Live Stream Viewing Melissa L. Beall, Shing-Ling S. Chen, and Laura Terlip About the Authors
Legal and Ethical Issues of Live Streaming is indispensable to properly understanding the social impact of live streaming. While the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic has seen live streaming surge in popularity, it has for at least a decade had a significant role to play in some of the most important political and social events in the world. This book provides the necessary foundation for understanding this technological phenomenon in its ethical, legal, and, ultimately, human context. It asks the right questions and provides solid answers about the consequences of live streaming for individuals, communities, and the larger world around us. -- Steve Jones, University of Illinois at Chicago
