Freedom of Speech and Expression

The aim of the course, consistent with the course of study, is to provide students with 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. The course aims to provide students with 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.

At the end of the course students should have developed: Knowledge and understanding of the of issues related to some means of communication (radio, television, theater and cinema); the ability to apply said knowledge and understanding, also through a personal and critical evaluation, the potentials and criticalities of some means of communication; a mastery of the topics examined, through the use of adequate legal terminology and a methodological and logical-argumentative rigor. The final exam aims to verify the expected learning outcomes in respect to the capacity of understanding, knowledge, critical analysis of interpretations and theoretical perspectives introduced by the course.