Their Evil Lies in the Grapevine Effect: Assessment of Damages in Defamation by Social Media

The number of cases of defamation by social media is growing. This article examines the principles of assessment of damages as they apply to those cases. In particular, the article examines the concept of the ‘grapevine effect’: a metaphor used to explain the basis for recovery of general damages fo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Douglas, Michael
Format: Journal Article
Published: LexisNexis Butterworths 2015
Online Access:http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2811967
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30905