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Media and Public Interests Litigation (PIL)

Media and Public Interests Litigation (PIL). Wang Sixin Professor of Law Communication University of China (CUC). Pre-Requirements of the Discussion of the Media and PIL. Media and PIL are big concept s in which should be more specific

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Media and Public Interests Litigation (PIL)

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  1. Media and Public Interests Litigation (PIL) Wang Sixin Professor of Law Communication University of China (CUC)

  2. Pre-Requirements of the Discussion of the Media and PIL Media and PIL are big concepts in which should be more specific Common Understandings about both of them are very necessary We should emphasize the most important Perspective of the Media and the PIL, especially when we talk about the issues in today’s china

  3. The Ecology of China Media • The special role of the media played in today’s china • Tool of the CCP and the government to advertise itself • This role greatly undermine the media serve for the public Litigation • The media structure has been changed greatly after china adopt the open and reform policies

  4. The modern media Ecology of China Co-existences of the traditional and the new media The traditional media in which completely supported by the government confront with the economic pressures because the government ask the media to stand in the market by themselves The emerging of the never-ending new media

  5. The Internet and other New media The internet users increasing dramatically after 1995 The new services like the WEIBO, like the twitter but it more powerful The new media, especially the make it almost impossible for the government to channel the public opinion It give the public many opportunities to use the new media or the new services to promote their values and ideas

  6. Some facts of the New Media Almost half billion internet users Over 2 hundred million mini-blog users of the Sina. Nearly 1 billion cell-phone users and 87 million 3G users till to July of this year All this indicate that the potentialities of the Cyberspace to be used for PIL are limitless.

  7. PIL in Cyberspace The individuals and organizations engaged in PIL use websites to promote and propagandize themselves Use blog and miniblog by the PIL lawyers in many different ways Participate in online discussion about the PIL Together use the online services and the traditional media

  8. The Positive and Negative Aspect of the Using of the New Media To raise the public awareness of the cases To put pressure on the public agencies, especially the court To protected the individual who involve in the cases, esp. the lawyers themselves Make the whole process transparent Media bias: it can benefit and at the same time change the balance Focus on public opinion and neglect the law process Greatly undermine the authority of the judicial system

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