Критические исследования медиаправа

Магистратура 2023/2024

Статус: Курс обязательный (Критические медиаисследования / Critical media studies)

Направление: 42.04.05. Медиакоммуникации

Кто читает: Институт медиа

Где читается: Факультет креативных индустрий

Когда читается: 1-й курс, 4 модуль

Формат изучения: без онлайн-курса

Охват аудитории: для своего кампуса

Преподаватели: Павленко Валентина Юрьевна

Прогр. обучения: Критические медиаисследования

Язык: английский

Кредиты: 3

Контактные часы: 32

Full Syllabus

Abstract

This course is aimed at improving students’ awareness of legal issues in the media industry. Topics to be covered include freedom of expression, privacy and personal data protection in the digital field, intellectual property and copyright protection, as well as advertising regulation. The course will touch on global trends in digital media platforms regulation. It will examine the role of social media platforms in online content regulation and users’ data commodification. The focus of the course is on a critical analysis of how the law applies to the media industry.

Learning Objectives

To develop an understanding of the role of law in the capitalist society
To examine peculiarities of privacy and personal data protection in the digital field
To introduce students to the major trends in the regulation of digital media platforms
To provide insight into the basics of copyright law
To develop students ability to critically evaluate media laws, policies, and regulations

Expected Learning Outcomes

Explain the role of media law in maintaining the status quo of society
Identify the main sources of media law at the international level
Discuss and reflect over freedom of expression in a national, regional and global setting
Critically analyze specific media laws, regulations and policies
Critically examine how media law upholds the right to privacy and personal data protection
Explain how copyright law applies in the production of media content
Specify the basic restrictions and requirements for online advertising
Appraise media law cases

Course Contents

Power and inequality in the capitalist society: Media and law
Online content regulation: The role of governments, platforms, and Internet users
Privacy and personal data protection in the digital field
Copyright protection
Advertising regulation

Assessment Elements

Test
Case analysis
Debates on social media content moderation
Collective discussion on transparency obligations for digital platforms
Final essay

Interim Assessment

2023/2024 4th module
0.1 * Case analysis + 0.1 * Collective discussion on transparency obligations for digital platforms + 0.15 * Debates on social media content moderation + 0.5 * Final essay + 0.15 * Test

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Nataraj Venkataramanan, & Ashwin Shriram. (2017). Data Privacy : Principles and Practice. Chapman and Hall/CRC.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Armand Mattelart, & Michael Palmer. (1993). Shaping the European Advertising Scene. Commercial free speech in search of legitimacy. Réseaux. The French Journal of Communication, 1(1), 9–26. https://doi.org/10.3406/reso.1993.3268
Castells, M. (2013). Communication Power (Vol. 2nd edition). Oxford: OUP Oxford. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=620218
Fuchs, C. (2019). Rereading Marx in the Age of Digital Capitalism. Pluto Press.

Course Syllabus