Prof. Ursula Cheer
Canterbury University
Ursula Cheer joined Canterbury as a Lecturer in Law in 1995 after working in private practice and in the civil service as a legal adviser to the Prime Minister and to the Lord Chancellor in the United Kingdom. In 2009, Ursula was awarded a PhD from Canterbury for her thesis entitled: Reality and Myth: The New Zealand Media and the Chilling Effect of Defamation Law.
Ursula teaches Torts, Contract, New Zealand Bill of Rights and Media Law, as well as lectures on privacy for Social Workers and on media in the Natural Disaster Law Course. She also teaches media law to journalism students.
Ursula's research interests lie in a combination of Torts, such as Defamation, Freedom of Expression and the New Zealand Bill of Rights, and the broad range of topics making up Media Law, such as Privacy, Court Reporting and Contempt, Confidentiality, Copyright and regulatory systems such as the Broadcasting Standards Authority and the Press Council.
Developments in Media Law – What you need to know
How should public relations professionals act to promote open communications without breaching the law? Public relations consultants must balance their role as advocates for individuals or groups with public and private interests which are protected by various laws. In this session Professor Ursula Cheer will discuss recent developments in the law of defamation, privacy, breach of confidence and other areas of the law which impact on publication of information. The discussion will also address how you can use the internet and social media safely, and what you can do with images and films that belong to someone else. Questions addressed include:
- What does being a responsible advocate mean under the law?
- How important is accuracy and truth?
- What does being objective mean?
- Why it is a good idea to be balanced and fair.
- When is privacy important?
Ursula Cheer joined Canterbury as a Lecturer in Law in 1995 after working in private practice and in the civil service as a legal adviser to the Prime Minister and to the Lord Chancellor in the United Kingdom. In 2009, Ursula was awarded a PhD from Canterbury for her thesis entitled: Reality and Myth: The New Zealand Media and the Chilling Effect of Defamation Law.
Ursula teaches Torts, Contract, New Zealand Bill of Rights and Media Law, as well as lectures on privacy for Social Workers and on media in the Natural Disaster Law Course. She also teaches media law to journalism students.
Ursula's research interests lie in a combination of Torts, such as Defamation, Freedom of Expression and the New Zealand Bill of Rights, and the broad range of topics making up Media Law, such as Privacy, Court Reporting and Contempt, Confidentiality, Copyright and regulatory systems such as the Broadcasting Standards Authority and the Press Council.
Developments in Media Law – What you need to know
How should public relations professionals act to promote open communications without breaching the law? Public relations consultants must balance their role as advocates for individuals or groups with public and private interests which are protected by various laws. In this session Professor Ursula Cheer will discuss recent developments in the law of defamation, privacy, breach of confidence and other areas of the law which impact on publication of information. The discussion will also address how you can use the internet and social media safely, and what you can do with images and films that belong to someone else. Questions addressed include:
- What does being a responsible advocate mean under the law?
- How important is accuracy and truth?
- What does being objective mean?
- Why it is a good idea to be balanced and fair.
- When is privacy important?