Defamation Research Paper Topics
False statements can wreck reputations, trigger costly lawsuits, and shape how newsrooms, platforms, and creators operate under the law. As a team of academic researchers at TopicSuggestions, we work with students on media law and internet policy, and we see how defamation—libel and slander, publication, falsity, fault, and harm—shifts with public versus private status and across jurisdictions. Today we will share a set of focused, research‑ready defamation topics you can adapt to your course level and available sources. We will map the options in clear clusters: core doctrine and landmark cases, newsroom and platform practice (influencers, algorithms, moderation, Section 230), comparative and international angles, empirical and methodology‑driven projects, and ethics and policy reform. Right after this intro, you will find the topic list with short prompts, suggested scope, and starting points so you can pick a direction and begin writing with confidence.