BF801: Information law (5 ECTS)

STADS: 04007801

Level
Master's level course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the autumn semester.
1st quarter

Teacher responsible
Email: jj@sam.sdu.dk
Email: henriette@calou.dk

Timetable
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Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
None.

Course introduction
The aim of this course is that the students will have a fundamental understanding of legal methods, rule of law and the legal regulations of great importance for specialists, journalists, information officers etc.

Expected learning outcome
At the end of the course the student should be able to:

• Identify 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
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

• Oluf Jørgensen: : Det handler om YTRINGSFRIHED ,, seneste udgave (pt. 2 udgave 2007)forlaget Ajour Danmarks Journalisthøjskole.
• Oluf Jørgensen: : Medier – love og regler 2009-10, forlaget Ajour Danmarks Journalisthøjskole.
• (regelsamling – reglerne findes også frit tilgængelig på www. retsinfo.dk). .

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
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Tuition fees for single courses
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