20711635 - PUBLIC INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION LAW

Learning objectives: Basic knowledge of the notions of public law and critical analysis of information and communication law.
Expected learning outcomes: a) ability to reconstruct the main institutions of public law; b) ability to recognize in practice the main legal issues in the fields of information and communication law; c) introduction to the legal regulation of personal and non-personal data and their influence on information and communication law.
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Programme

GENERAL NOTIONS: a) elements of public law; b) Freedom of expression and personal rights; b) Freedom of information in the constitutional framework; c) Limits to freedom of expression; d) The right to report, criticize and satire.
INSTITUTIONAL PROFILES: The governing and guarantee bodies of the information and communication system.
THE SECTORS: a) Regulation of the press and the journalistic profession; b) Radio and television; c) Entertainment; d) Telecommunications; e) Regulation of the internet.
THE CROSS-CUTTING TOPICS: a) Confidentiality and privacy; b) Information and communication of public administrations; c) Political communication.

Core Documentation

R. Zaccaria, A. Valastro, E. Albanesi, Diritto dell'informazione e della comunicazione, WK - Cedam, Padova, 2023 (excluding chapters 6, 9 e 14).

Attendance

Attendance at the course is not mandatory

Type of evaluation

The assessment of learning takes place primarily during the face-to-face lessons (if applicable, digitally) in which the course is structured, requiring the active participation of students in retracing and repeating the topics covered.