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Communication Law
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:5.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:26:10
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | KF_020 | LQF level: | Level 8 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Communication Sciences; Library Science | Target Audience: | Communication Science; Information and Communication Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ivans Jānis Mihailovs | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Basics of Law. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To analyse the current issues of communication law in cooperation with students, improving the competence of the doctoral student of communication science in work (research) with the principles and norms of communication law. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Communication and law. Communicative theory of law. Development of the communication framework. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Freedom of speech and individual right to information. Data protection issues. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Issues of media regulation. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Problems of the communication framework on the Internet/ in cyberspace. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Legal aspects of the information society. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Infringements of communication law and their analysis. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Following the instructions of the lecturer, to prepare (for seminars) current issues of communication law (cases). | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Exam. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students understand the concepts and main issues of communication law, know the laws and basic literature of communication law. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students are able to identify and critically analyse problem situations, seeking the necessary legal regulation, court judgments and substantiating their opinion. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students are able to use their knowledge in communication law to solve a practical case, as well as use their knowledge in the development of a doctoral thesis. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Latvijas Republikas Satversme | ||||||||
| 2 | Audiovizuālo mediju pakalpojumu direktīva | ||||||||
| 3 | Bērnu tiesību aizsardzības likums | ||||||||
| 4 | Elektronisko plašsaziņas līdzekļu likums | ||||||||
| 5 | Iesniegumu likums | ||||||||
| 6 | Informācijas atklātības likums | ||||||||
| 7 | Likums „Par presi un citiem masu informācijas līdzekļiem” | ||||||||
| 8 | Fizisko personu datu apstrādes likums | ||||||||
| 9 | Paziņošanas likums | ||||||||
| 10 | Reklāmas likums | ||||||||
| 11 | Jarinovska K. (2010) Informācijas atklātības princips un tā galējā robeža: teorijas īstenošana praksē. Rīga: LU. | ||||||||
| 12 | Ķinis U. (2015) Kibernoziedzība, kibernoziegumi un jurisdikcija. Rīga: Jumava. | ||||||||
| 13 | Latvijas Republikas Satversmes komentāri. VIII Cilvēka pamattiesības (2012) Rīga: Latvijas Vēstnesis. | ||||||||
| 14 | Vispārīgā datu aizsardzības regula | ||||||||
| 15 | Informācijas sabiedrības pakalpojumu likums | ||||||||
| 16 | Savin A. (2017) EU Internet Law. Edward Elgar Publishing | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Bērzinš I.(2012) Publiskā sfēra un internets: Attīstības prakses un teorētisko konceptu analīze Latvijas gadījumu studijās. Rīga: LU. | ||||||||
| 2 | Buholcs J. (2013) Indivīdu attiecības tiešsaistes sociālajos tīklos. Rīga: LU. | ||||||||
| 3 | Communications Law Research Guide // https://www.law.georgetown.edu/library/research/guides/comm… | ||||||||
| 4 | Kučs A. (2009) Vārda brīvība // Imigrācija un mediji. Uzziņas līdzeklis un noderīga informācija darbā ar migrācijas jautājumiem. Rīga: Starptautiskā migrācijas organizācija. | ||||||||
| 5 | Latvijas mediju vides daudzveidība (2018). Rīga: LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, | ||||||||
| 6 | Zelezny J. (2011) Communications Law: Liberties, Restraints, and the Modern Media. Wadsworth. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Jurista Vārds. International Journal of Communication Law and Policy | ||||||||
| 2 | www.politika.lv | ||||||||
| 3 | www.nrtp.lv | ||||||||
