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NEW MEDIA &THE COURTSTHE CURRENT STATUS & A LOOK AT THE FUTURE
CCPIO New Media Projecthttp://ccpionewmedia.ning.com/
Chris DaveyPublic Information Director, The Supreme Court of Ohio
Karen SalazAdministrator for the Colorado 19th Judicial District
Thomas HodsonDirector , Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio University
"If I'm applying the First Amendment, I have to apply it to a world where there's an Internet, and there's Facebook, and there are movies like ... ‘The Social Network,’ which I couldn't even understand,"
- Justice Stephen G. Breyer
“Twitter” Just Sounds Frivolous
Public Trust & Confidence
Alexander Hamilton famously noted that American courts have “neither the power of the purse nor the sword” and that they therefore rely on the trust and confidence of the people for their power.
5 Trial Court Performance Standards
1. Access to Justice2. Expedition & Timeliness3. Equality, Fairness & Integrity4. Independence & Accountability5. Public Trust & Confidence
Trial(s) of the Century
“As I experienced it during this trial, I think there’s a real danger that the inclusion of new technology in the courtroom is affecting an individual’s fair-trial rights,” -Thomas J. Ullmann, chief defense lawyer for Steven J. Hayes
Categories of Technology
7 categories of technology Social media profile sites Microblogging technology Smartphones, tablets & notebooks Monitoring & metrics News categorizing, sharing & syndication Visual media sharing sites Wikis.
New Media Culture Clash
NEW MEDIA COURTSdecentralized
multidirectional
personalintimate
multimedia
institutionalunidirectional
separateindependent
textual
CCPIO Research
1. Effects on court proceedings.
2. Effects on ethics and conduct for judges and court employees.
3. Effects on courts’ ability to promote understanding and public trust and confidence in the judicial branch.
3.4 percent increase in number of judges using social media sites
Routine jury instructions regarding the use of new media rose by 4.5 percent among judges
7.6 percent increase in the number of respondents who agree that courts can maintain social media profile site
Concurrent 5.1 percent increase in those who report working at a court with a site.
2011 Survey Results
Courts are managing Change
Employee Conduct Policies Privacy and Public Access Policies Cameras in the Courtroom Handheld Devices Jury Instructions Security Primary Content Providers Multimedia Capabilities Further Study
NEW MEDIA &THE COURTSTHE CURRENT STATUS & A LOOK AT THE FUTURE
CCPIO New Media Projecthttp://ccpionewmedia.ning.com/
Chris DaveyPublic Information Director, The Supreme Court of Ohio
Karen SalazAdministrator for the Colorado 19th Judicial District
Thomas HodsonDirector , Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio University