After Leveson: Recommendations for Instituting the Public and Press Council

Cohen-Almagor, Raphael

Abstract

The aim of this article is to review the work of the official inquiry committee headed by Lord Justice Brian Leveson in Britain. It is argued that the existing situation in Britain is far from satisfactory, and that the press should advance more elaborate mechanisms of self-control, establishing a new regulatory body called Public and Press Council that will be anchored in law, and funded by organizations that are independent from government and the media. The new independent regulator should be empowered with greater and unprecedented authority, and with substantive sanctioning abilities. © The Author(s) 2014.

Citation

Cohen-Almagor, R. (2014). After Leveson: Recommendations for Instituting the Public and Press Council. The international journal of press/politics, 19(2), 202-225. https://doi.org/10.1177/1940161213516680

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 15, 2014
• Online Publication Date: Jan 15, 2014
• Publication Date: Apr 1, 2014
• Print ISSN: 1940-1612
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 202-225
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1940161213516680
• Keywords: Sociology and Political Science; Communication
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/432540