Communication Media Laws & Ethics Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards covering key Philippine communication media laws, ethics, statutory definitions, and regulatory frameworks including the Revised Penal Code, IP Code, E-Commerce Act, Election Laws, Cybercrime Prevention Act, Campus Journalism Act, and Privileged Communication rules.

Revised Penal Code (RPC)

took effect on ___.

Jan 01, 1932.

Revised Penal Code

regulatory framework to bodies of laws

3 Principle Parts of RPC (1)

1. Principles affecting criminal liability

Treason

The violation by a subject of his allegiance to his sovereign or supreme authority of the state.

Misprision of Treason

The deliberate act of concealing a treasonable act.

Sedition

The raising of commotions or disturbances in the state.

Libel

A public and malicious imputation of a crime, vice, defect, or circumstance tending to cause the dishonor, discredit, or contempt of a natural or juridical person, or to blacken the memory of one who is dead.

Actual Malice

A state of mind where the author of a defamatory imputation is prompted by personal ill-will or spite and speaks to injure the victim's reputation rather than in response to duty.

Slander

Oral defamation consisting of the speaking of base and defamatory words that tend to prejudice another in his reputation, office, business, or livelihood.

Slander by Deed

An act not of a serious nature performed by a person that casts dishonor, discredit, or contempt upon another person.

Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines

Republic Act No. 8294 (formerly R.A. No. 8293), signed into law on June 6, 1997, to protect intellectual property rights and promote creativity and innovation.

Copyright

An intangible, incorporeal right granted by statute to the author or originator of literary or artistic productions, conferring exclusive rights of copying, publishing, and selling for a specific period.

Related Rights

Residual rights belonging to entity types like movie or sound producers that protect the duplication and public performance of copyrighted material.

Patent

A grant protecting an invention, providing the owner exclusive rights to make, use, and sell the patented object for 20 years from the filing date under a First-to-File system.

Trademark

A distinctive sign, device, or mark of authenticity used by a producer or manufacturer to distinguish their merchandise from those of others.

Plagiarism

An act of intellectual theft where a writer appropriates the work of another and passes it off as their own without proper citation.

Electronic Commerce Act of 2000

Republic Act No. 8792, enacted on June 14, 2000, giving legal recognition and admissibility to electronic data messages, documents, and signatures.

Electronic Signature

Any distinctive mark, characteristic, or sound in electronic form attached to or logically associated with an electronic document with the intention of authenticating it.

Hacking or Cracking (RA 8792)

Unauthorized access into or interference in a computer system/server to corrupt, alter, steal, or destroy information without the owner's knowledge and consent.

Fair Elections Act of 2001

Republic Act No. 9006, which governs the manner of use of media airtime and space to ensure equal access for political candidates during campaign periods.

Broadcast Election Propaganda Limits (National Position)

Airtime limits per station set at 120 minutes in TV/cable TV and 180 minutes in radio for candidates or parties seeking national elective positions.

Broadcast Election Propaganda Limits (Local Position)

Airtime limits per station set at 60 minutes in TV/cable TV and 90 minutes in radio for candidates seeking local elective positions.

Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012

Republic Act No. 10175, enacted to prevent, combat, and penalize offenses against computer systems, data confidentiality, and related online crimes.

Illegal Access

An offense under RA 10175 defined as gaining access to the whole or any part of a computer system without right.

Data Interference

The intentional or reckless alteration, damaging, deletion, or deterioration of computer data, electronic documents, or messages without right.

System Interference

The intentional alteration or reckless hindering of the functioning of a computer or computer network without right or authority.

Cyber-squatting

The acquisition of a domain name over the internet in bad faith to profit, mislead, destroy reputation, or deprive others of registering identical or similar names.

Computer-related Identity Theft

The intentional acquisition, use, misuse, transfer, possession, alteration, or deletion of identifying information belonging to another without right.

Cybersex

The willful engagement, maintenance, control, or operation of any lascivious exhibition of sexual organs or activity via a computer system for favor or consideration.

Traffic Data

Non-content data referring to a communication's origin, destination, route, time, date, size, duration, or type of underlying service.

Critical Infrastructure

Computer systems, networks, or programs so vital that their destruction or interference would debilitatingly impact national or economic security, public health, or safety.

Campus Journalism Act of 1991

Republic Act No. 7079, enacted to uphold press freedom at the campus level and promote responsible student journalism.

Student Journalist

A bona fide student enrolled for the current term who has met the editorial board's qualification standards and maintains satisfactory academic standing.

Editorial Board

The governing body of a student publication; at the tertiary level, it consists of student journalists qualified through placement examinations.

Privileged Communication

Protected communication received in confidence by reason of trust or intimate relationship whose access is restricted to those privy or authorized by law.

The Shield Law

Republic Act No. 1477 (amending RA 53), which protects journalists from being compelled to reveal the source of confidential news reports unless required by State security.

Contempt of Court

Defiance of the authority, justice, or dignity of a court that tends to bring the administration of law into disrespect and impede justice.