13732 - Information Law

Learning outcomes

The course aims to provide students with fundamental knowledge about law regulating publishing, press and television systems, and about the freedom of information and the ethical rules of journalism. At the end of the course, the student

- knows the legislative framework regulating the media system in general

- is able to interpret the legislative framework regulating the freedom of the press and the ethical rules of journalism

Course contents

- Constitutional basis of freedom of expression.

- International and European sources and the multi-level protection of freedom of expression and freedom of information

- Article 21 of the Italian Constitution. Freedom of expression and the explicit and implicit limits

- Constitutional bodies and independent authorities

- The freedom of the press, right of criticism and satire. The rules of professional journalism.

- Broadcasting system

- Electronic communications

- Internet

- Right to privacy and the discipline of copyright

- Information and communication in public administrations

- Political communication

 

Readings/Bibliography

FULL-TIME STUDENTS

G. Gardini, Le regole dell'informazione, Giappichelli Editore, 2017 EXCEPT Chapter  "Lo spettacolo"

One of the following texts must be chosen by the student:

V. Zeno-Zencovich, La libertà d'espressione. Media, mercato, potere nella società dell'informazione, Il mulino, Bologna, 2004.

T.E. Frosini, Liberté Egalité Internet, Napoli, Editoriale scientifica, 2015

S. Rodotà, il mondo nella rete, Laterza, 2014

 

OTHER STUDENTS (NON- FULL-TIME)

R. Zaccaria, A. Valastro, E. Albanesi, Diritto dell'informazione e della comunicazione, 8. ed., CEDAM, 2013

V. Zeno-Zencovich, La libertà d'espressione. Media, mercato, potere nella società dell'informazione, Il mulino, Bologna, 2004

T.E. Frosini, Liberté Egalité Internet, Napoli, Editoriale scientifica, 2015

 

READINGS: 

- Annual Report  National Communication Authority - AGCOM (http://www.agcom.it)

 

 

SUPPLEMENTARYMATERIALS ANDANY AMENDMENTS TO THE TEACHING MATERIALS WILL BENOTIFIED ON TEACHING’S WEBGUIDE AND ON PROFESSOR’S PERSONAL WEBSITE. STUDENTS ARE STRONGLY RECOMMENDED TO CHECK THIS GUIDE AND VERIFY TEACHING’S MATERIALS, BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE LESSONS.)    

 

 

Teaching methods

The program will be entirely developed during the lectures. Other instruments, such as videos and projector, will be used by the Professor .

Some lectures will be dedicated to the thorough examination of fundamental aspects of Information Law or to some projects of reform. These lectures will be introduced by the Professor and presented by Italian or foreign experts.

Assessment methods

1. FULL TIME STUDENTS

2. The exam for full-time students will consist of one mid-term exam and of a final oral exam, which will concern the part of the course not covered by the written examination.

3. Written examination

4. During the course there will be one intermediate written test about specific parts of the program; the aim of the test is to evaluate the level of knowledge of the topics explained during the lectures.

5. The intermediate test will consist in open questions. The evaluation of the questions is based mainly on the capacity of the student to summarize and to strictly focus on the answer of the question given.

6. The evaluation will be given out of 30 points: the sufficient mark is 18/30.

7. The time given is 60 minutes.

8. If a student is absent during the intermediate test or the evaluation of one intermediate test is insufficient, that part will be added to the oral part of the exam.

9. Refusal to vote for the written tests.

10. Students who have achieved a positive vote in the mid-term test, may refuse to vote and recover evidence in the oral examination.

Oral examination

All students will have to take an oral examination on the final part of the program not covered by the written tests.

The oral test is strictly complementary to the written tests and it is considered as a functional verification of the overall preparation of the candidate, but also as a tool to examine deeply the understanding of the contents of the syllabus. Therefore it is an important verification that concerns the whole program done.

The final mark is determined by the marks of the intermediate tests and the oral test, which must all be sufficient.

The results of the intermediate examinations will be considered valid until September. Therefore after September students are considered non-full-time students.

NON-FULL-TIME STUDENTS

The exam for non-full-time students will consist in a written examination composed by open question and multiple choice questions and a subsequent oral examination. The written test will be evaluated for the admission to the oral and the final evaluation. The two exams will be held on the same day and in the same place, so that the enrollment for the first examination includes also the enrollment for second.

For the methods of verbalization, see the guidelines of the Faculty

Teaching tools

Slide, web pages

Office hours

See the website of Giorgia Pavani