Learning Outcomes:
1. Identify the issues affecting the creation, consumption and distribution of media in today’s globalised world.
2. Critically examine the role of content creators and in society and how the legal system serves to affect the creation of content.
3. Identify the main ways in which the creation of mediated products is affected by legislative and regulatory issues, in both an Irish, EU and worldwide context.
4. Critically analyse the regulation of all forms of media including Public Service Media (PSM), traditional print journalism, broadcast media, cultural media and new forms of content creation and consumption in society.
5. Show knowledge and understanding of main legal issues that affect media industries across various platforms to include broadcasting, print and online systems.
Indicative Module Content:
We all communicate daily through multiple engagements with media, from reading a newspaper on our smartphones, posting a photo on Instagram, or streaming a film via Netflix. The law in various guises intersects, governs, shapes and restricts your daily engagement with media. The practical application of the law in these different industries requires balancing the rights and interests that will be explored through the delivery of this course, from protecting the rights to privacy and a good name to recognising the importance of ensuring freedom of expression in a democratic society.