媒体与名誉侵权

　　FOREWORD
　　PREFACE
　　CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
　　The Nature of the Law of Defamation and Its Development
　　The Law of Defamation in China
　　Research Questions
　　Source Materials and Method
　　Organization
　　CHAPTER 2 THE EVOLUTION OF DEFAMATION LAW IN CHINA
　　Defamation law in imperial China
　　Free speech in traditional China
　　The approach to balance sedition punishment and free speech
　　Defamation law in late Qing and the republican China
　　Legal rejuvenation of protection of reputation
　　Constitutional protection of freedom of expression
　　Public opinion supervision and the law of defamation
　　Conclusion
　　CHAPTER 3 LEGAL FRAMEWORD OF DEFAMATION IN CHINA
　　Elements of Defamation 
　　The reputation of the victim has been harmed
　　Defamatory statements
　　Publication
　　Harm to reputation
　　Causality exists between the illegal act and the harm to reputation
　　Subjective fault
　　Parties
　　public figures
　　The deceased
　　Media and media-related defendants
　　Jurisdiction 
　　Defenses 
　　truth
　　privilege
　　The right to criticize
　　Remedies 
　　stoppage of infringement
　　rehabilitation of reputation and elimination of adverse influence
　　apology
　　damage
　　Conclusion
　　CHAPTER 4 MEDIA ENVIRONMENT IN CHINA
　　Changing Media Landscape
　　earlier history
　　emergence of non-party media
　　media commercialization
　　Legal and Political Pressures on the Media 
　　media ownership
　　licensing
　　screening 
　　forbidden content
　　personal management system
　　Party Journalism and Media Corruption 
　　Conclusion
　　CHAPTER 5 DEFAMATION LITIGATION AGAINST THE MEDIA: AN OVERVIEW OF COURT-PUBLISHED CASES 115
　　Source Materials and Method
　　Overall Trend
　　Plaintiffs
　　ordinary persons
　　allegation of criminal/illegal activity and official report privilege
　　exposure of personal details and privacy protection
　　allegation of moral failings and the use of insulting words
　　allegation of unpopular behaviors or subjecting the plaintiff to ridicule
　　professionals
　　famous persons
　　government officials and government entities
　　relatives of the deceased
　　corporate plaintiffs
　　Defendants
　　party newspapers and non-party newspapers defendants
　　internet defamation
　　Remedies
　　non-monetary remedies
　　damages
　　……
　　CHAPTER 6 DEFAMATION  LITIGATION IN A LEADING MEDIA CITY: THE CASE OF CHENGDU
　　CHATPER 7 DEFAMATION, THE MEDIA AND FREE SPEECH
　　APPENDICES
　　REFERENCES

　　陈晓彦，媒体法博士，主要研究方向为媒体法律、媒体政策和媒体伦理。
　　2008年于南洋理工大学（新加坡）获得媒体法博士学位，2001年在国内通过律师资格考试并获司法部颁发的律师资格证书。迄今已在媒体侵权、互联网管理等领域发表中、英文论文若干，并多次赴美国、德国、英国以及香港地区等参加国际学术会议、研讨会和进行学术交流。

　　通过对媒介法律顾问、记者、编辑、媒体管理者的访谈以及近20来年的媒体名誉权案件的分析，《媒体与名誉侵权》发现：大部分媒体名誉权官司原告为普通公民，在案件讨论中侧重于损害的名誉的救济而不是言论自由的争论。同时，商业化的媒体更多地注重自身经济利益诉求和成本核算而不是看重普遍的言论自由权利的拓展。从自身经济利益和成本考虑，名誉权官司使得媒体更严谨对待报道和报道者的权益，反倒有利于促进媒体报道的真实和媒体伦理的发展，从一定程度上说，有利于言论而不是钳制言论。并且，从整个名誉权法律的设计和具体司法实践中名誉权案件的处理来看，中国名誉权法律的设计本身没有对言论的钳制和惩罚设置，而具体司法实践对名誉权官司的处理中，主要目的也是用来保护名誉权和为名誉损害提供救济，无论是原告还是法院都较少利用名誉权官司本身来惩罚言论。