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Course calendar
The Academic Calendar sets out the degree programme lecture and exam timetables, as well as the relevant university closure dates..
Period | From | To |
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I semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere) | Sep 27, 2021 | Jan 8, 2022 |
II semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere) | Feb 14, 2022 | May 28, 2022 |
Session | From | To |
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ESAMI LINGUE - sessione invernale | Jan 10, 2022 | Feb 12, 2022 |
ESAMI LINGUE - sessione estiva | May 30, 2022 | Jul 23, 2022 |
ESAMI LINGUE - sessione autunnale | Aug 29, 2022 | Sep 24, 2022 |
Session | From | To |
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LAUREE LINGUE - sessione autunnale (a.a. 2020-2021) | Nov 8, 2021 | Nov 13, 2021 |
LAUREE LINGUE - sessione straordinaria (a.a. 2020-2021) | Mar 28, 2022 | Apr 2, 2022 |
LAUREE LINGUE - sessione estiva (a.a. 2021-2022) | Jul 11, 2022 | Jul 16, 2022 |
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Study Plan
The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.
1° Year
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2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2022/2023
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Introduction to Germanic Philology
3° Year activated in the A.Y. 2023/2024
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Introduction to Germanic Philology
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TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
Media law (2023/2024)
Teaching code
4S002931
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
6
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
IUS/10 - ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
Period
II semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere) dal Feb 19, 2024 al May 25, 2024.
Courses Single
Authorized
Learning objectives
The course aims to provide the students without basic legal skills, with fundamental knowledge of media and information law, including the structure and functions of the public bodies involved in the sector regulation. Furthermore, the course will provide basic notions of copyright law. At the end of the course students will be able to understand the main legal aspects of information and media sectors and their institutional actors. Students will also be able to understand the basic legal mechanisms underlying copyright law, with special attention to publishing
Prerequisites and basic notions
Not present
Program
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
I. Elements of the legal system
II. Norm creation
II.1 Introduction
II.2 The concept of law endorsed on this course.
II.3. Sources of law: theoretical-general concept
II.4. Sources of law: structure
II.5. Legal norms and legislative provisions.
II.6 Approaches to interpretation provided for under Article 12 of the Provisions on the Law in General [preleggi] contained in the Civil Code: framing the issue
II.7. Continued: literal interpretation (Article 12(2))
II.8. Continued: teleological interpretation (Article 12(1))
II.9 Analogies (Article 12(2)).
II.10 Approaches to interpretation not provided for under Article 12 of the Provisions on the Law in General [preleggi] contained in the Civil Code that are nonetheless used by interpreting bodies.
II.11. The structure of legal norms
II.12 Types of legal norm: a) rules of behaviour; b) norms creating permissions; c) norms granting powers; d) norms setting out principles.
II.13 Focus issue: the difference between prescriptive legal norms and prescriptive social norms.
III. Sources of law in the Italian legal system
III.1. Introduction.
III.2. Constitutional sources
III.3.A. Supranational sources: the two types
III.3.B. International sources
III.3.C. EU law (Article 288 TFEU)
III.4. Primary national sources
III.4.1 Primary state sources
III.4.1.A. Introduction to this type of source
III.4.1.B. Laws
III.4.1.C. Decrees-law
III.4.1.D. Legislative decrees
III.5.A. Introduction to this type of source
III.5.2 Regional laws
III.6. A sui generis source of primary law
III.6.1. The status of minor local government bodies (municipalities, provinces and metropolitan cities)
III.6.2. The distribution of competence between state laws (and acts with the force of law) and regional laws
III.7. Secondary national sources
III.7.1. A lexical premise
III.7.2. Common features of secondary sources of law
IV. Discrepancies between sources
IV.1. The concept of discrepancy between legal norms.
IV.2. The solution to discrepancies: general theoretical criteria
V The public administrations
V.1. The public administrations as organisations
V.2. A first characteristic of the public administrations
V.3. A second characteristic of the public administrations
V.4 The “raison d'être” of the public administrations: administrative functions
V.5. The organisational structure of the public administrations
V.6. Some types of public administration
V.7. The public administrations as legal operators
V.8 The activity of the public administrations, and in particular administrative activity
V.9 So-called “legal” administrative activity carried out using public law and private law mechanisms
V.10 Administrative activity carried out using public law mechanisms, in particular by way of administrative decisions: A) Introduction; B) The power; C) Administrative decisions; D) Administrative procedure; E1) The principle of legality; E2) From the principle of legality to the principle of compliance with the law.
V.11. Administrative activity carried out using public law mechanisms, in particular agreements.
V.12 Administrative activity carried out using private law mechanisms.
V.13. Disputes between private persons and the public administration.
PART II
I. Freedom of speech: general overview
I.1. Freedom of speech as a prerequisite for democracy
I.2 The individualist and functionalist conception of freedom of speech
II Freedom of speech under Article 21 of the Constitution
II.1. Article 21, in particular paragraph 1
II.2. The subjective aspect to freedom of speech.
II.3. The objective aspect to freedom of speech
II.4. The instrumental aspect to freedom of speech
II.5. Second focus issue: freedom to inform, to be informed and to search for information.
III Limits to freedom of speech provided for under Article 21 of the Constitution
III.1 General framework
III.2. Express limit: common decency
III.3 Implicit limits of an individual nature: honour
III.3.A. Protection of honour and the right to report
III.3.B Focus issue: the problem of interviews
III.3.C. Protection of honour and the right to criticise.
III.3.D. The right to satire
III.3.E. Focus issue: the problem of fake news
III.4. Implicit limits under public order: public policy
III.5. Continued: Italian par condicio equality rules
III.6. The inapplicability of limits to members of Parliament.
IV Freedom of speech and other freedoms
IV.1.A. Freedom of speech and freedom of correspondence: the two rights
IV.1.B. Freedom of speech and freedom of correspondence: the two rights
IV.2. Freedom of speech and artistic freedom
V Regulation of the press and the journalism profession
V.1. Introduction
V.2. The press: concept
V.3. Regulation of the press inferred under Article 21 of the Constitution, in particular from paragraphs 2-5.
V.4. The press as journalist activity.
V.5. A problem: online “press”
VI Regulation of radio and television
VI.1 First phase
VI.2. Second phase
VI.3 Third phase
VI.4. Fourth phase
VI. 5 Fifth phase
VI.6. Sixth phase
VII Regulation of performances and cinematography
VII.1. The concept of performance.
VII.2. Relevant constitutional provisions.
VII.3. Financing.
VII.4. Focus issue: cinema.
VIII Regulation of electronic communications
VIII.1. Introduction
VIII.2. The concept of “service”
VIII.3.A. The concept of public service in a political and economic sense or, in other words, services of general interest in a meta-legal sense
VIII.3.B Electronic communications as a public service in a political and economic sense or, in other words, as a service of general interest in a meta-legal sense
VIII.4.A. Regulation of public services in a political and economic sense or, in other words, as services of general interest in a meta-legal sense.
VIII.4.B. Regulation of electronic communications services.
VIII.5.A. Public service in a technical sense or, in other words, a service of general interest in a technical sense.
VIII.5.B. Electronic communications services as a general public service in a technical sense.
X Regulation of the internet.
IX The law on copyright
Bibliography
Didactic methods
Lectures
Face-to-face lessons are recorded and are available on the teaching platform moodle.
Learning assessment procedures
ATTENDING STUDENTS
The discussion will consider the notions, questions and problems raised:
1) during lectures;
2) in chapter I.5 ("Libertà di espressione e diritti della personalità nell'era digitale. La tutela della privacy nella dimensione europea") and chapter I.6 ("Privacy e attività giornalistica") of the textbook AA.VV., Diritto dell'informazione e dei media, published by G. Giappichelli editore, 2022.;
3) in chapter XVII (“il diritto di autore”) of the textbook
AA.VV., Diritto dell'informazione e della comunicazione, by Wolters Kluver and Cedam - 2023.
NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS
The discussion will consider the notions, questions and problems raised:
2) in the textbook AA.VV., Diritto dell'informazione e dei media, published by G. Giappichelli editore, 2022.;
3) in chapter XVII (“il diritto di autore”) of the textbook
AA.VV., Diritto dell'informazione e della comunicazione, by Wolters Kluver and Cedam - 2023.
“INCOMING” ERASMUS STUDENTS (i.e. who have matriculated on a degree programme at an EU university not based in Italy)
“Incoming” ERASMUS students are invited to contact the teacher responsible at the start of the course in order to be set a specific topic to be analysed in greater depth in a course essay. That essay will then be the object of an oral discussion during the examination sessions scheduled within the academic calendar.
Evaluation criteria
The examination will involve an oral discussion, which will be assessed according to the following criteria:
- clarity, logical order, usage of appropriate and correct terminology when discussing issues;
- demonstrating an awareness and understanding of the subject;
- demonstrating an ability to organise systematically;
- demonstrating an ability to identify shared features and differences between legal institutes;
- demonstrating an ability to solve various elementary practical problems.
Criteria for the composition of the final grade
Balanced weighting of evaluation criteria
Exam language
ITALIANO
Type D and Type F activities
Nei piani didattici di ciascun Corso di studio è previsto l’obbligo di conseguire un certo numero di CFU di tipologia D e di tipologia F.
CFU D (attività a scelta dello studente)
I CFU D possono essere acquisiti mediante:
- insegnamenti non obbligatori nel proprio piano didattico (previa approvazione del Presidente del Collegio didattico per insegnamenti non selezionabili in autonomia)
- attività accreditate dal Collegio didattico
- competenze linguistiche (diverse o ulteriori) rispetto a quelle obbligatorie
- tirocini o stage
- TALC (competenze trasversali).
Competenze trasversali TALC
Nota bene: i corsi TALC sono riconosciuti solo come CFU D.
Il numero di CFU D va calcolato complessivamente sull’intero triennio/biennio e non è legato all'annualità.
CFU F
I CFU F sono solitamente relativi ad abilità informatiche, competenze linguistiche, stage e tirocini e ulteriori attività formative accreditate in questa tipologia dal Collegio Didattico.
Nel corso di laurea in Lingue e letterature per l’editoria e i media digitali sono previste le seguenti tipologie:
- 3 CFU per terza lingua (livello B1)
- 6 CFU per tirocinio obbligatorio
- 3 CFU per informatica (curriculum Editoria)
- 9 CFU per laboratori (curriculum Digital Humanities).
Le competenze informatiche possono essere acquisite attraverso:
- il superamento della prova pratica presso le aule informatiche di Ateneo,
- la frequenza dei corsi attivati da scuole e centri accreditati dall’AICA (Associazione Italiana per l’Informatica e il Calcolo Automatico) o riconosciuti dalla Provincia e dalla Regione e superamento della relativa prova finale. Le domande per il riconoscimento delle competenze informatiche acquisite precedentemente vengono esaminate dalla Commissione per il riconoscimento delle Competenze Informatiche.Le attività di tirocinio sono finalizzate a far acquisire allo studente una conoscenza diretta nel settore editoriale e delle Digital Humanities nonché abilità specifiche d’interesse professionale (revisione bozze, grafica editoriale, costruzione di pagine web, archivi digitali etc.).
years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
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1° 2° 3° | Introduction to robotics for humanities students | D |
Paolo Fiorini
(Coordinator)
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years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
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1° 2° 3° | Wikimedia workshop for international dissemination of cultural heritage | D |
Piergiovanna Grossi
(Coordinator)
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Gestione carriere
Assegnazione tutore
Attività accreditate D/F
Calendario didattico dettagliato
Cambio lingua curriculare
Competenze informatiche
Competenze linguistiche (prima e seconda lingua)
Competenze linguistiche in triennale (terza lingua CFU F)
Compilazione del piano didattico
Corso di Lingua portoghese
Erasmus+ e altre esperienze all'estero
Linguistic training CLA
Presentazione dei corsi di studio e Open day
Graduation
List of theses and work experience proposals
Stage | Research area |
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PROGETTO MAMBRINO Stage per bibliografia | Various topics |
Saperi minimi
Stage e tirocini
Nel piano didattico della laurea triennale in Lingue e letterature per l’editoria e i media digitali (L11 ED-DH) è previsto un tirocinio/stage obbligatorio (CFU 6).
Le attività di stage sono finalizzate a far acquisire allo studente una conoscenza diretta in settori di particolare interesse per l’inserimento nel mondo del lavoro e per l’acquisizione di abilità professionali specifiche.
Le attività di stage sono svolte sotto la diretta responsabilità di un singolo docente presso studi professionali, enti della pubblica amministrazione, aziende accreditate dall’Ateneo veronese.
I crediti maturati in seguito ad attività di stage saranno attribuiti secondo quanto disposto nel dettaglio dal “Regolamento d’Ateneo per il riconoscimento dei crediti maturati negli stage universitari” vigente.
- Tutte le informazioni in merito agli stage per futuri studenti sono disponibili alla pagina Stage e tirocini.
- Tutte le informazioni in merito agli stage per studenti iscritti sono pubblicate in MyUnivr - come fare per - stage e tirocini.
- Tutte le informazioni in merito agli stage per le aziende sono disponili alla pagina Stage e tirocini per azienze.
Ulteriori informazioni al seguente link https://www.univr.it/it/i-nostri-servizi/gestione-carriere-studenti-lingue-e-letterature-straniere/stage-e-tirocini-lingue-e-letterature-straniere