Media

1. Definitions

2. Defamation
 Any intentional false communication, either written or
spoken, that harms a person's reputation; decreases
the respect, regard, or confidence in which a person is
held; or induces disparaging, hostile, or disagreeable
opinions or feelings against a person.
 Defamation may be a criminal or civil charge. It
encompasses both written statements, known as
libel, and spoken statements, called slander.

3. Libel
 Defamation by written or printed words, pictures,
or in any form other than by spoken words or
gestures.
 The act or crime of publishing it.
 A formal written declaration or statement, as one
containing the allegations of a plaintiff or the
grounds of a charge.
 anything that is defamatory or that maliciously or
damagingly misrepresents.

4. Slander
 Oral defamation; in which someone tells one or
more persons an untruth about another which
untruth will harm the reputation of the person
defamed.
 Slander is a civil wrong (tort) and can be the basis
for a lawsuit. Damages (payoff for worth) for slander
may be limited to actual (special) damages unless
there is malicious intent, since such damages are
usually difficult to specify and harder to prove.