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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| description | 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 for defamation. The grapevine effect has been deployed to notable effect in recent cases of publication by social media. The article argues that the role of the ‘grapevine effect’ reflects the purposes of awards of damages for defamation in light of the unique characteristics of social media. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-309052018-12-14T00:52:18Z Their Evil Lies in the Grapevine Effect: Assessment of Damages in Defamation by Social Media Douglas, Michael 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 for defamation. The grapevine effect has been deployed to notable effect in recent cases of publication by social media. The article argues that the role of the ‘grapevine effect’ reflects the purposes of awards of damages for defamation in light of the unique characteristics of social media. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30905 http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2811967 LexisNexis Butterworths restricted |
| spellingShingle | Douglas, Michael Their Evil Lies in the Grapevine Effect: Assessment of Damages in Defamation by Social Media |
| title | Their Evil Lies in the Grapevine Effect: Assessment of Damages in Defamation by Social Media |
| title_full | Their Evil Lies in the Grapevine Effect: Assessment of Damages in Defamation by Social Media |
| title_fullStr | Their Evil Lies in the Grapevine Effect: Assessment of Damages in Defamation by Social Media |
| title_full_unstemmed | Their Evil Lies in the Grapevine Effect: Assessment of Damages in Defamation by Social Media |
| title_short | Their Evil Lies in the Grapevine Effect: Assessment of Damages in Defamation by Social Media |
| title_sort | their evil lies in the grapevine effect: assessment of damages in defamation by social media |
| url | http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2811967 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30905 |