Media Policy of EU Member States 2122-L-W5POMPUE

Course covers media policy. Lectures present the importance of EU media policy for the integration process, EU regulations concerning media action and the structure of control and self-regulation institutions, possibilities of achieving media pluralism via ex. Grants for social media institutions and transparent licensing policy.

Students must devote 50 hours of study time to achieve sufficient study effects.

1. Media policy – theoretical framework
2. EU media policy purposes
3-4. Coordinated legal regulations
5-14. Media policies of EU member states
15. The characteristics of an active media policy

Mode

Classroom

Prerequisites (description)

Familiarity with basic notions of state and politics (policy, democratic society, functions of the state)

Learning outcomes

Participant comprehends the impact of media on the development of a democratic society – media as the organizer and forum for public debate; knows the organizing principles of media system adopted by EU member state; understands the importance of freedom of speech and media pluralism and knows ways of ensuring and protecting them; is able to find and categorize the objectives of media policy based on current legislation and development plans.

Assessment criteria

Written exam List of possible exam problems will be delivered in the first lecture

Bibliography

Dokumenty dostępne na stronie ec. europa.eu
J. P. Hudzik, W. Woźniak (red.), Sfera publiczna – Kondycja – przejawy - przemiany, Lublin 2006
K. Jakubowicz, Unia Europejska a media. Między kulturą a gospodarką, Warszawa 2010
I. Kamiński, Swoboda wypowiedzi w orzeczeniach Europejskiego Trybunału Praw Człowieka w Strasburgu, Kraków 2006
E. Karpowicz, Systemy finansowania kinematografii w krajach Unii Europejskiej na: http://biurose.sejm.gov.pl/teksty_pdf_04/r-225.pdf
S. Konopacki, Komunikacyjna teoria integracji politycznej Karla Deutscha, Studia Europejskie, 1998/1, ss. 37 – 47
N. Ohlig, S. Nikoltchev, “Europäisches audiovisuelles Werk” – Definition eines Schlüsselbegriffs des audiovisuellen Sektors im geltenden europäischen Recht,
E. Stasiak-Jazukiewicz, Polityka medialna UE, Warszawa 2005
E. Stasiak-Jazukiewicz, M. Jas-Koziarkiewicz, Polityka medialna państw UE, Warszawa 2010
Study on Co-Regulation Measures
in the Media Sector, 2006, na: http://co-reg.hans-bredow-institut.de