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NEW MEDIA &THE COURTS THE CURRENT STATUS & A LOOK AT THE FUTURE CCPIO New Media Project http://ccpionewmedia.ning.com/ Chris Davey Public Information Director, The Supreme Court of Ohio Karen Salaz Administrator for the Colorado 19 th Judicial District Thomas Hodson Director , Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio University

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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

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"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

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“Twitter” Just Sounds Frivolous

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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.

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5 Trial Court Performance Standards

1. Access to Justice2. Expedition & Timeliness3. Equality, Fairness & Integrity4. Independence & Accountability5. Public Trust & Confidence

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Trial(s) of the Century

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“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

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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.

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New Media Culture Clash

NEW MEDIA COURTSdecentralized

multidirectional

personalintimate

multimedia

institutionalunidirectional

separateindependent

textual

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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. 

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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

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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

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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