Dr Gemma Horton LLB, MA, PhD, FHEA

Conference Roles

• Introducing the ‘Sheffield school’: Innovative approaches to blended curricula in undergraduate journalism education (Online, 2020)
• Public Figures and Private Lives: How does UK law protect public figures’ private lives? (Newcastle, UK, 2019)
• Rethinking the reasonable expectation of privacy test in celebrity cases: a European perspective (Sheffield, UK, 2019)
• The Right to Privacy of Celebrities (Sheffield, UK, 2019)
• Is celebrity gossip really news? Examining case law from the United Kingdom and exploring the public interest in celebrities' private lives (Brussels, Belgium, 2018)
• An unwanted spotlight: Examining the right to privacy of celebrities against the right to freedom of expression in the United Kingdom. (Rome, Italy, 2018)
• The right to privacy of celebrities versus the right to freedom of press in the United Kingdom: Who comes out on top? (Durham, UK, 2018)
• Comparing and contrasting how privacy laws in the United States of America and France protect political figures’ right to privacy when embroiled in scandal (Bamberg, Germany, 2018)
• Exploring the lack of protection fake news offers celebrities in the United States (Newcastle, UK, 2017)