European Media Policy - JJB165

• Anglický název: European Media Policy
• Zajišťuje: Katedra žurnalistiky (23-KZ)
• Fakulta: Fakulta sociálních věd
• Platnost: od 2011 do 2011
• Semestr: letní
• E-Kredity: 5
• Způsob provedení zkoušky: letní s.:
• Rozsah, examinace: letní s.:1/1, Zk [HT]
• Počet míst: neomezen / neomezen (neurčen)
• Minimální obsazenost: neomezen
• 4EU+: ne
• Virtuální mobilita / počet míst pro virtuální mobilitu: ne
• Stav předmětu: nevyučován
• Jazyk výuky: angličtina
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Poznámka: předmět je možno zapsat mimo plán; povolen pro zápis po webu
• Garant: PhDr. Milan Šmíd
• Vyučující: PhDr. Milan Šmíd
• Třída: Courses for incoming students

Sylabus

Poslední úprava: PhDr. Jan Šmíd, Ph.D. (17.09.2013)

Syllabus JJB148 - European Media Policy - Fall 2013

Week 1 (1.10.)

Overview of course - The introductory meeting. The grading policy will be explained and the expectations of both sides expressed.

Lecture - Council of Europe and European Union- basic historic data, founding treaties, similarities, differences in their attitudes to the media policy

Readings: webpage http://www.coe.int/aboutCoe/default.asp, http://europa.eu/about-eu/basic-information/index_en.htm

Week 2 (8.10.)

Lecture - Council of Europe and "Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms" Article 10 of the Convention and its importance for media. European Court of Human Rights as a guarantor of freedom of expression

Readings:

• Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/en/Treaties/Html/005.htm

• Freedom of Expression, Human rights handbooks, No. 2

http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/C3804E16-817B-46D5-A51F-0AC1A8E0FB8D/0/DG2ENHRHAND022004.pdf

• webpage "Media and Information Society" http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/standardsetting/media/

Week 3 (15.10.)

Lecture - Council of Europe's Media Policy embodied in conventions, recommendations and in documents of ministerial conferences (e.g. European Convention on Transfrontier Television), debate about Internet governance (notion of new media)

Readings:

• webpage "Media and Information Society" http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/standardsetting/media/ - documents in the section "Documentations"

Week 4 (22.10.)

Lecture - European Union's Audiovisual and Media policy, its components and its limitations

History of Television without Frontier EU Directive and its amendments, the relation of the Directive to the CoE Convention on Transfrontier Television.

Readings:

• webpage http://ec.europa.eu/avpolicy/index_en.htm

Week 5 (29.10.)

Lecture - Two amendments of the EU Directive (1997, 2007), Basic feature of the last amendment resulted in the Audiovisual Media Service Directive.

Readings:

• Television without Frontier Directive (Official name: COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 3 October 1989 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities, http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/consleg/1989/L/01989L0552-19970730-en.pdf

• Audiovisual Media Service Directive (Official name: DIRECTIVE 89/552/EEC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services

• consolidated version

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:1989L0552:20071219:EN:PDF

• codified version AVMSD http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/09/st03/st03683.en09.pdf

Week 6 (5.11.)

Workshop - Television without Frontiers Directive (1989, 1997) as a tool of standard setting (definitions, protection of human rights, protection of minors, standards for advertising and sponsoring ), a tool for supporting European audiovisual production (program quotas for European works and for programs made by independent producers), and a tool protecting the viewers interests (provision about "events of major importance for society", rules of "short reporting" etc.)

A position paper on the topic shall make a summary of facts and regulations laid down in the Directive with explanation and with personal view on pros and cons of such a regulations. How the rules are applied in particular EU member states (your native country).

http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/09/st03/st03683.en09.pdf

Week 7 (12.11.)

Workshop - Impact of AVMS Directive on new media - regulation of non-linear audiovisual media services available on internet

A position paper on the topic shall make a summary of facts and regulations laid down in the Directive with explanation and with personal view on pros and cons of such a regulations. Does the AVMS Directive pose a threat to freedom of internet services? How the AVMS recitals interpret scope of regulation non-linear AVMS? Where lays a borderline between free internet and regulated audiovisual media services? What is the Council of Europe position on new media and internet governance

Note: All the recital which are useful as an interpretation tool - what is and what is not non-linear online service - are available in the recitals (preambles) of the codified version of AVMS Directive http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/09/st03/st03683.en09.pdf

The Council of Europe documents are available at Information Society And Media webpage

http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/standardsetting/media/

Workshop - EU support programs (Media) for the European audiovisual industry as an element of EU media policy. Other elements of EU media policy (media literacy, media pluralism, film heritage etc.)

A position paper on the topic shall sum up history and present state of EU measures supporting healthy and prosperous development of European media. Paper shall include review of results of these measures, presentation of some practical outputs (reports, European Audiovisual Observatory, research and studies concerning media issues), practical examples from the native country.

http://ec.europa.eu/culture/media/index_en.htm

Week 8 (19.11.)

Workshop - EU attitudes towards Public Service Broadcasting - problems with funding, debates about application of State aid rules to public service broadcasting, debates about future of PSB in the new digital environment.

A position paper on the topic shall make a summary of basic EU documents dealing with the above mention topics, E.g.:

Protocol on the system of public broadcasting in the Member States http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/treaties/dat/11997D/htm/11997D.html#0109010012

Communication from the Commission on the application of State aid rules to public service broadcasting (2001) http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52001XC1115%2801%29:EN:NOT

Communication from the Commission on the application of State aid rules to public service broadcasting (2009) http://ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/legislation/broadcasting_communication_en.pdf

Recommendation CM/Rec(2007)3 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the remit of public service media in the information society https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1089759&BackColorInternet=9999CC&BackColorIntranet=FFBB55&BackColorLogged=FFAC75

Week 9 (26.11.)

Workshop - Council of Europe attitude towards new media, search engines and social networks.

A position paper shall analyze the documents of the CoE Ministerial Conference in Reykjavik 2009, namely "Notion of new media" with an attempt do define what shall be the European attitude towards new media. http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/standardsetting/media/MCM%282009%29011_en_final_web.pdf

This attitude shall be analyzed also in the latest report of Steering Committee on the Media and New Communication Services (the appendix II and III - draft recommendation as to the search engine and social networks)

http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/standardsetting/media/CDMC/CDMC%282011%29027Rev4_en%20abridged%20report.asp#TopOfPage

Week 10 (3.12.)

Workshop - European view on governance of Internet

A position paper shall analyze the documents of the CoE Ministerial Conference in Reykjavik 2009, namely „Internet governance and critical Internet resources“ and following documents. The paper shall try to examine, how these general provisions and thesis can be put into everyday practice of Internet.

http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/standardsetting/media/MCM%282009%29011_en_final_web.pdf

Declaration by the Committee of Ministers on Internet governance principles

https://wcd.coe.int/wcd/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1835773&Site=CM&BackColorInternet=C3C3C3&BackColorIntranet=EDB021&BackColorLogged=F5D383

• Recommendation CM/Rec(2011)7 of the Committee of Ministers on a new notion of media

https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?Ref=CM/Rec%282011%297&Language=lanEnglish&Site=COE&BackColorInternet=C3C3C3&BackColorIntranet=EDB021&BackColorLogged=F5D383

• Recommendation CM/Rec(2011)8 of the Committee of Ministers on the protection and promotion of the universality, integrity and openness of the Internet

https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?Ref=CM/Rec%282011%298&Language=lanEnglish&Ver=original&Site=COE&BackColorInternet=C3C3C3&BackColorIntranet=EDB021&BackColorLogged=F5D383

• Declaration by the Committee of Ministers on Internet governance principles

https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1835773&Site=CM&BackColorInternet=C3C3C3&BackColorIntranet=EDB021&BackColorLogged=F5D383

Week 11 (10.12.)

Workshop – Media literacy – an issue of European Media policy

A position paper on the topic shall overview basic documents about the issue od media literacy adopted by the Council of Europe and by European Union. Description of EU supporting programs, relation to Information Society policy.

http://ec.europa.eu/avpolicy/index_en.htm

http://ec.europa.eu/culture/media/media-literacy/index_en.htm

• European Commission Communication on Media Literacy in the Digital Environment (2007)

http://merlin.obs.coe.int/iris/2008/2/article6.en.html

• Commission Recommendation 20.8.2009 on media literacy in the digital environment for a more competitive audiovisual and content industry and an inclusive knowledge society

http://ec.europa.eu/culture/media/media-content/media-literacy/c_2009_6464_en_1.pdf

• Study on Assesment Criteria for Media Literacy level

http://ec.europa.eu/culture/media/media-content/media-literacy/studies/eavi_study_assess_crit_media_lit_levels_europe_finrep.pdf

Week 12 (17.12.)

In-class written Q-A test

Conceptual overview of the course. Evaluation of papers.

Discussion about regulation of new media

Vstupní požadavky

Poslední úprava: prof. MgA. Martin Štoll, Ph.D. (23.01.2020)

Tent kurz je vypsán VÝHRADNĚ pro zahraniční studenty. Čeští zájemci o problematiku mají možnost zapsat se do kurzu v českém jazyce JJB064, případně JKB095.