Professor
Daniele DonatiLearning objectives
At the end of the course, students acquire the knowledge and legal tools to understand and operate within the world of the media.
The course focuses on the study of the discipline that regulates traditional media (press, radio and television and telecommunications), new media (network rights and online rights), entertainment (cinema and theatre), without forgetting some notes on the discipline of advertising and the evolution of copyright.
Course content
The course is divided into three parts.
Part I – Traditional Media
In this part we will study the historical notes and essential features of the mass media: the press, radio and television and telecommunications (or, in the current term, the electronic media);
Part II – Internet, new media and the rights system
In this second part we intend to analyse the most recent themes and problems that legal systems have to face in the regulation of digital markets;
Part III – Freedom of Culture and Artistic Expression – The Show
In this the constitutional norms on which the freedom of art and culture are based will be examined. Next, we will analyze the limits to these freedoms, and in particular the relationship between creativity and obsceneness.
Furthermore, the essential aspects of the legal discipline relating to the sectors of cinema, theatre and live entertainment will be discussed, as well as the system of direct and indirect intervention by public institutions in support of these sectors, with particular attention to the discipline of the National Fund for Cinema and Audiovisual and the Single Fund for Entertainment.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites.
Bibliography
G. Gardini, The rules of information. Towards the Gigabit Society, VI edition, Giappichelli, ed. 2024, limited to chapters 5, 6, 7, 8 and 12.
Further in-depth articles, also in English, will be distributed in class.
We also recommend reading some laws and sentences illustrated during the lessons.
Teaching methods and tools
The course is taught in frontal lessons.
Assessment methods and criteria
The examination is oral and covers the course topics covered in class.
