Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Políticas e Estratégias Públicas para a Comunicação Social (not translated)

Code

722011103

Academic unit

Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Department

Ciências da Comunicação

Credits

10

Teacher in charge

Alberto Arons de Carvalho

Weekly hours

3 letivas + 1 tutorial

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The learning outcomes of this curricular unit are the following: to identify and establish a context of the different aspects of public policies and strategies for the media; to develop a study on these themes in accordance with legal, administrative, economic and technological approaches; to analyze the Portuguese reality and the European framework.

Prerequisites

None.

Subject matter

Brief history of the public policies in the light of studies made by Siebert, Schramm and Peterson and of Hallin and Mancini. The application of these models to Portugal. The right to inform, to be informed and to be informed in the light of the Portuguese legal and constitutional framework in force. Public policies and governance of the media within the international law context. The European Union, the Council of Europe and the European policies for the media. The radio and
television public service. The media public service. The transparency, the non-concentration and the independence of the media. The policies for the pluralism. The economic incentives’ system for the media. The regulation as instrument of the public policies. The public policies and the digital era.

Bibliography

Halin, D. e Mancini, P., Comparing Media Systems, Cambridge University Press, 2004
Siebert, F, Peterson, T. e Schramm, W., Four Theories of the Press, University of Illinois Press, 1956
Balle, F, Medias et Societés (16ª ed.), Montchrestien, 2011
Cardoso, Gustavo, Os Media na Sociedade em Rede, Fund. Calouste Gulbenkian, 2006
Faustino, Paulo, A imprensa em Portugal, Media XXI, 2004
Cádima, Francisco Rui, A crise do audiovisual europeu – 20 anos de políticas europeias em análise, Media XXI, 2007
Pinto, Manuel e Marinho, Sandra (org.), Os Media em Portugal nos primeiros cinco anos do século XXI, Univ do Minho e Campo das Letras, 2008
Carvalho, Alberto Arons, Cardoso, António Manuel e Figueiredo, João Pedro, Direito da Comunicação Social (3ª ed.), Texto ed., 2012
Silveira, Joel F da, A Construção do Sistema Informativo em Portugal no século XX, Ed. Colibri e Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, 2011

Teaching method

Presentation of the seminar contents in constant discussion with the student´s participation with the goal to encourage their knowledge and questioning skills.

Evaluation method

The evaluation will take into consideration the following criteria: participation in seminars (40%) and the presentation and conduction of a debate about a research work on a theme selected by the student (60%).

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