Schapelle Corby - Australian media making a case - Ethical media decisions in Australia and Indonesia

Essay from the year 2011 in the subject Law - Media, Multimedia Law, Copyright, grade: 1,2, University of New South Wales, Sydney, language: English, abstract: The Schapelle case and its legal context as well as the related media coverage are a complex and wide field. The focus of this essay is set on ethical media responsibility and personalized reporting. The leading question is if the coverage of the Schapelle Corby case in Australia and Indonesia was ethical, and if the specific coverage might have effected the sentence.