• Identify sociological and legal methods and problems within communication related to fundamental democratic rights.
• Analyse complex problems within the course based on various relevant and professional reasoned approaches. Analyse and communicate international judgments.
• Argue in favour of professionally reasoned solutions, make a critical weighing of the relevant arguments and make a reasoned choice in relation to theoretical and practical solutions
• Put into perspective the specific problems of the course in a way that shows that she/he has a professional overview and insight in communication of international problems related to biology or similar technical fields.
• Communicate and formulate her/his knowledge and arguments professionally and linguistically correct and in a structured and coherent way explaining in practise the media field concerning freedom of expression, professional sharing of knowledge, code of conducts and democracy.
Subject overview
Ethical and legal responsibility
Knowledge as a construction
Communication in the post modern society
Primary and secondary experience
The relations between the public and the private sector.
Media professionals – role as a watchdog
International media cases – European Court of Human Rights
Furthermore will be dealt with media law, freedom of expression, code of conduct, protection of sources, confidentiality, access to documents and use of copyright protected material and students will have practiced access to documents.
Literature
There isn't any litterature for the course at the moment.
Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).
Prerequisites for participating in the exam
None
Assessment and marking:
Project assignment graded pass/fail, and internal censorship by teacher.
Re-examination after 2nd quarter.
Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.
Forelæsninger 22 timer, fjernundervisning 18 timer.
Educational activities
Language
This course is taught in Danish.
Remarks
Most of the teaching will be dialogue based communication combined with internet based tutorials and individual coaching in relation to the project assignment on a specific case study.
The course is compulsory in the following curricula: Profile in Science Communication.
The course is optional in the following curricula: Science
Course enrollment
See deadline of enrolment.
Tuition fees for single courses
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