インターネットのメディア特性と法的・制度的諸課題 : ジャーナリズムとの関係を中心として

抄録

The aim of this paper is to investigate characteristics of Internet and legal problems of journalism on World Wide Web(WWW). On network, anyone can send out various information as a "journalist". Two main problems can be pointed out. The first problem is that "journalists' ethics" can't be obeyed on Internet. The second problem is the absence of a System Operator. So credibility of information is not so high. This leads us to the question of how we can establish the borderline between broadcasting and communication. Because WWW has characteristics of both Broadcasting and Communication. It seems reasonable to conclude that we should not regard WWW as a broadcasting service.