Freedom of Speech and Expression

The aim of the course is to make students acquire the knowledge related to the right to information and communication, with particular reference to freedom of expression through some means of communication: radio, television, theater and cinema. The discipline of these means of communication there will be analyzed, using a legal approach. This in order to allow students to have a mastery of the examined concepts, through the use of adequate legal terminology and a methodological and logical-argumentative rigor. Particular attention will be given to some current issues, in particular: television pluralism, television and the process of technological convergence, and radio and television information. The course aims to provide students with the knowledge to understand some aspects, even problematic, related to the discipline of specific means of expression of thought, as well as stimulate a comparison of opinions between students and between the students and the teacher - through seminars and work group and exposition of student's work in the classroom - related to the topics covered, thus developing their legal reasoning skills and also their analysis and criticism skills.

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