The Research Of Entertainment Privacy News And Tort Defence Matters

Recently in Chinese society, the entertainment industry, media, and the transfer of information have witnessed an unprecedented explosion. In this new atmosphere of cultural consumerism, there has been a "tunneling" effect that has occurred, in that information and media are more and more directed at individuals and their private lives and affairs than at general, public issues. It has become necessary to examine new issues that have arisen, such as the extent of the public's "right to know", famous people's right to privacy, and the media's freedom of press. When any of these ideas come into conflict, on whose side does the law stand? Can a fair balance be struck?This paper uses an interdisciplinary approach to analyze these and many related questions. It seeks to combine theories from sociology, law, and journalism in order to arrive at a comprehensive understanding of the above mentioned issues. This paper is divided into five main parts: The first chapter analyzes the factors that contributed to the rise of China's cultural consumerism. Chapter Two gives an account of the current state of the media, information and entertainment industries in China today. The third chapter introduces the author's analysis of these issues. One of the main reasons for the constant reporting of people's private life and personal affairs in the media is that there is much gray area among the rights of the public, the rights of the stars, and the rights of the media. It is precisely this gray area which prompted the birth of this invasive, tabloid media. This grayness has also precluded the courts from being able to give final judgments on what is right and wrong on these matters. Therefore Chapter Four proposes a solution on how journalists can avoid impinging on the "forbidden area" of the stars' private life. This solution comes from a deeper understanding of the possible conflicts and resolutions among the rights of the media, the rights of the public, and the rights of the famous stars whose lives are being exposed. In reality, invasive reporting on the private lives of stars is unavoidable. However, in an attempt to mitigate this problem, Chapter Five again explores the nature of these "mine fields", and prescribes a set of moral rules or behavioral sanctions that can be adhered to by those in the media industry, in order to minimize the harm done to others. In the end, tabloid journalists and related professionals need to regulate themselves through responsibility and accountability.