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We've received more comments from you regarding promotional trails on the World Service this week.

One listener emailed us to say, "Personally I find the music in the trailer (with the odd exception) to be very fitting to the subject being advertised.... as far as I'm concerned you can keep the music! Thank you for a great radio station!"

Positive feedback is always very welcome here at Over To You!

Another listener welcomed the trails debate, "When I caught the end of a telephone conversation 
regarding a complaint about music jingles accompanying future programmes, I
 found my self so whole heartedly in agreement that I almost cheered!"

This week we address the current issue of Twitter/super-injunctions, and gagging orders on traditional media, when news and other information has already disseminated online.

Does this mean the end of traditional broadcasting for networks such as the World Service?

I interviewed Mark Stephens, media lawyer and broadcaster who's undertaken some of the highest profile cases.

Mark told me, "News, information and social media are now globally based.

"No longer do we have national laws applying only in certain countries, because information flows see no borders. International law requires a more sophisticated approach."

Mark went on to say, "We don't have the same privacy laws in the UK as in North Western Europe.

"If a secrecy injunction/gagging order was granted in France and reported on here in the UK, contempt of court would not be a valid charge as the order was based and originated in France."

Torin Douglas, media correspondent for the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ talked to me about the problems facing journalists when reporting on super-injunctions and gagging orders.

"The law in the UK is now very unclear and very uncertain.

"The government is currently in the process of setting up a committee to see where the law now stands."

But how does this affect the global picture? Torin explained, "Reporting on global injunctions prove different problems because the World Service does not know the details of every particular court case in every particular country, and therefore has to act reasonably.

"The problem is there are so many different laws in so many different parts of the world it's very difficult to police."

So is social media a real threat to traditional media?

Torin disagrees, "As long as they comply to traditional standards, newspapers and broadcast journalism still has a very important part to play."

Thanks for all your comments this week. As ever we'd like to hear your views regarding anything you hear on the World Service.

Rajan Datar is the presenter of Over To You.

Over To You is your chance to have your say about the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ World Service and its programmes. Broadcast times can be found by clicking here.

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