87337 - Law Of Information

Course contents

The course is organized with a part of lectures taught online on MS TEAMS (20 hours) and another taught in presence (20 hours). The number of students allowed in class is determined on the basis of class capacity and by the health and safety provisions that deal with the pandemic emergency. In case more students want to attend classes in presence than permitted by the rules, a system of shifts will be organized so to allow students to participate. Regardless of the health-related conditions and the specific organization of the course, students will be able to follow the lessons of the entire course remotely on MS TEAMS.

- 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

-Sharing Economy

Readings/Bibliography

FULL-TIME STUDENTS

Diritto dell’informazione e dei media” – di G.E. Vigevani, O. Pollicino, C. Melzi d’Eril, M. Cuniberti, M. Bassini (Giappichelli, 2019) 

OTHER STUDENTS (NON- FULL-TIME)

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

choose two books between:

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

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

one chapter of: G. Pavani, The Structure and Governance of Public Service BroadcastingA Comparative Perspective, Palgrave, 2018 (https://www.palgrave.com/it/book/9783319967301)

READINGS:

- Annual Report National Communication Authority - AGCOM (http://www.agcom.it [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 The exam for full-time students will consist of one mid-term exam and of a group presentations of topics assigned by the teacher. Mid-term exam: 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. 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. The evaluation will be given out of 30 points: the sufficient mark is 18/30. The time given is 60 minutes. The final mark is given by the sum of the mark of the intermediate test and the mark of the group presentation. The student who wants to refuse the mark of the intermediate test and of the presentation (both or one) will have to bring all the program to the oral exam. The results of the intermediate examinations mid-term exam and of the group presentations of topics 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.

Teaching tools

Slide, web pages

Office hours

See the website of Giorgia Pavani