The course aims to provide students with the technical-legal tools necessary for learning and deepening the issues related to the dissemination of information and the use of the media.
In particular, the objectives to be pursued are
1) the Knowledge and the ability to understand the most relevant legal issues, starting from the study of the freedom of manifestation of thought and analysing the evolution of the same with regard to the most recent technological innovations;
2) Knowledge of the institutes will have to be translated into a capacity for applied understanding that will make it possible to achieve the objective of providing a systematic view of the complex and heterogeneous system of the media and of the associated responsibilities;
3) Autonomy of judgement, understood as the ability, through the study of the national and European regulatory framework of reference and the most recent case law applications, to use the means necessary to understand the delicate boundaries between 'lawful' and 'unlawful' in information and communication activities;
4) Communication skills, understood as the ability to transmit and communicate the concepts learned and understood;
5) Ability to learn the topics covered and to deepen one's understanding of the forms of communication that are widespread in the Digital Age, as well as to learn the meaning of personal data and the complex legal framework governing their processing, dissemination and disposal.