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Journal of Media Law Template

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About the Journal of Media Law format

Journal of Media Law is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering Freedom of Expression and Defamation, Law in Society and Culture, Privacy, Security, and Data Protection.

PublisherTaylor & Francis
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago, T&F)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Journal of Media Law 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inFreedom of Expression and Defamation Law in Society and Culture Privacy, Security, and Data Protection Law, Rights, and Freedoms Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
ISSN1757-7632
Citation impact (2-yr)1.96
h-index21
i10-index59
Total citations1,792
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity College London
Journal websitewww.hartjournals.co.uk
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Papers published in Journal of Media Law per year

19
2014
20
2015
16
2016
17
2017
12
2018
12
2019
10
2020
13
2021
25
2022
13
2023
25
2024
23
2025

Citation impact of Journal of Media Law by publication year

112
2014
129
2015
147
2016
120
2017
113
2018
162
2019
65
2020
89
2021
101
2022
47
2023
112
2024
6
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Journal of Media Law

Notice-and-fair-balance: how to reach a compromise between fundamental rights in European intermediary liability

Christina Angelopoulos, Stijn Smet · 21 Oct 2016

In recent years, Europe’s highest courts have searched for the answer to the problem of intermediary liability in the notion of a ‘fair balance’ between competing fundamental rights. At the same time, the ‘notice-and-takedown’ system, which first emerged as a solution to intermediary liability in the 1990s, has spread across the globe, transforming along the…

Challenged by news personalisation: five perspectives on the right to receive information

Sarah Eskens, Natali Helberger, Judith Moeller · 3 Jul 2017

More and more news is personalised, based on our personal data and interests. As a result, the focus of media regulation moves from the news producer to the news recipient. This research asks what the fundamental right to receive information means for personalised news consumers and the obligation it imposes on states. However, the right…

“Fake news”: reconsidering the value of untruthful expression in the face of regulatory uncertainty

Irini Katsirea · 3 Jul 2018

Against the backdrop of the regulatory furore over ‘fake news’, this article examines the protection that is afforded to untruthful expression by the European Court of Human Rights and by national courts in Germany, the UK and the US. It argues that the suppression of ‘fake news’ in the face of uncertainty over the contours…

The law applicable to cross-border defamation on social media: whose law governs free speech in ‘Facebookistan’?

Alex Mills · 2 Jan 2015

In the past decade, social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter have gone from being a novelty to becoming an essential part of many people's personal and professional lives. Like previous changes in communications technology, social media poses a legal challenge. Can existing laws be applied or adapted to this new context, or does…

Journal of Media Law template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Journal of Media Law format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Journal of Media Law template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Taylor & Francis format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Journal of Media Law use?
Journal of Media Law uses Author–year (Chicago, T&F) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Journal of Media Law 12 (3): 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Journal of Media Law?
No. DocuGuru generates the interact LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Taylor & Francis-ready Journal of Media Law document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
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Who publishes Journal of Media Law?
Journal of Media Law is a multidisciplinary journal published by Taylor & Francis. DocuGuru's Journal of Media Law template matches Taylor & Francis's official submission format.
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