The legal and ethical aspects of media regulation 2700-L-FAK-Z-RMAP
The course is devoted to basic aspects regarding media regulation with particular emphasis on legal and ethical issues. The aim of the course is to present the normative system regulating the current media activity, by referring to various legal and ethical acts that are in force in Poland.
Discussed topics include:
1. What is media regulation - the conceptual framework.
2. Entities involved in media regulation and fundamental normative acts.
3. Privacy (not only) in new media.
4. Legal and ethical dilemmas of the Internet user.
5. Violence and nudity in the media - are they sometimes legitimate?
6. Limits of ethics and morality as well as legal norms in advertising.
Type of course
Course coordinators
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Learning outcomes
After completing the course, students:
KNOWLEDGE:
• know the basic concepts in the field of media studies, in particular the terminology related to media regulation,
• understand the most important aspects, levels and areas of the legal and ethical media regulation,
• have a basic knowledge of the legal conditions of the functioning as well as good practices of media and advertising institutions and the market in which they operate,
• know legal institutions and relations between them in democratic countries, as well as normative acts regulating the functioning of the media, information and telecommunications systems,
• identify some crucial dilemmas related to the functioning of the media,
• recognize additional responsibilities of public media in comparison to commercial ones,
• reflect on their rights on the Internet,
• know that freedom of speech does not mean impunity in the public sphere;
SKILLS:
• are able to distinguish ethical principles from legal provisions,
• are aware of the responsibility and consequences of actions in the media sphere,
• understand selected legal acts and ethical codes,
• give examples of unfair practices in advertising,
• develop a habit of independent ethical reflection on the mass media content,
• prepare a logical argument and discussion on media regulation,
• are able to diagnose the multidimensional phenomena and processes of the mediatized reality of contemporary political, economic and cultural systems;
OTHER COMPETENCES:
• use the acquired knowledge and skills to analyse the phenomena and problems of modern media regulation,
• diagnose problems at the interface between different systems - legal and ethical,
• wonder about their digital footprint and profile,
• are able to critically distinguish between theory and practice;
Assessment criteria
Assessment methods:
- description,
- explanation with elements of lecture,
- discussion,
- project.
Assessment criteria:
- attendance (to pass students should attend classes at least 4 times; the lecturers do not provide the possibility to make up classes in which the student was not present, excused absences from classes are included in two admissible absences),
- active participation in the classes (activity, debate),
- final assignment (individual Pecha Kucha or group poster).
Completion of the course will be possible for students who have fulfilled all of the above criteria. The lecturer does not allow students to improve positive grades.
Practical placement
lack-of
Bibliography
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2. Chałubińska-Jentkiewicz K., Nowikowska M., Prawo mediów. Warszawa, Polska: C.H. Beck 2022
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13. Zaremba M., Drozdowicz K. Łoszewska-Ołowska M., (red.), Prawo prasowe. Komentarz, Wolters Kluwer, Warszawa 2018.
Additional information
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