. BAC 323 MASS MEDIA ETHICS AND LEGISLATION (3ECTS) Assignment 1

Maiia Otchenash
 22 January 2022
 “Media Law and Intellectual Property” – Assignment 1 Instructions

Dear Students,

Our first day of sessions on “Mass Media Law and Intellectual Property” are scheduled on Tuesday, 25 January 2022. During these sessions we will address the general principles of Intellectual property (IP) protection and its interplay with Media Legislation. After setting the scene, we will focus on specific IP rights, digital rights, privacy and personal data protection, the rights of publishers as well as online platforms, and their role for seeking a shaky balance between the freedom of speech, privacy and protection of IPR’s holders.

We would like to leverage on the diversity of your respective academic backgrounds and your countries of origin. To this end, we intend to dedicate the first assignment to the following subject.

A. OBJECTIVE

The objective is that you make a Group class PP presentation and an Individual executive summary to the presentation on

“My country as a Media and IP location. “

The primary goal would be that you evaluate the key Policy landscape of your home country (or any other country that you would like to cover) in respect of the Media Legislation development and exploitation of Intellectual Property.

We suggest to include 2 parts in the assignment:

1. General Policy and Legislative analysis of the country/countries as Media and IP development location

2. Media and IP Case-Study covering a reference to a “hot” media topic in the country/countries and how it deals with the freedom of speech/privacy/IP protection dilemma. 


B. GUIDANCE

We would like to give you maximal freedom on:

• – how to approach and cover the subject;

• – how to leverage any knowledge and key learning points gained in our sessions; and

• Nevertheless, we would like to include some guidance and examples of topics / issues you may include in your presentations. 


1. General Policy and Legislative analysis of the country/countries as Media and IP development location

• The overall Policy and Legislative context of the country 
 For example: Key Legislative instruments in the area of Media Law and IP; Recent facts and figures on the level of protection of digital rights; Major State Policy tendencies and developments; other.

2. Case study covering a reference to a “hot” highly debatable media topic in the country/countries and how it deals with the freedom of speech/privacy/IP protection dilemma.

To complement the general Policy and Legislative analysis part, we would also like you to select a highly debatable issue in your country and illustrate how it is addressed in the Media and IP related contexts. You may want to consider some of the following aspects:

• A scenario/problem introduction 
 For example: Facts & figures, history; What are the key industries the debatable issue may affect/already affects?; Why is this issue critical for your country’s Media and IP Policy?; etc.

• The role of digital rights and IP: 
 For example: What digital rights and IPRs important for the country? Why?; Is there any clash between the values of personal data protection and freedom of expression? How is the responsibility of online platforms and search engines regulated; Is there any “right to be delisted/forgotten”?; Filtering/blocking infringing content?Censorship? Other. 


Formalities:

• Word count: between 2500-3000 words for an executive summary.

• Cover, Table of Contents, References and Appendix are excluded of the total word count.

• Font: Arial 12,5 pts.

• Text alignment: Justified.

• The in-text References and the Bibliography have to be in Harvard’s citation style.

Submission: Week 6 – Via Moodle (Turnitin). Sunday 06/03/2022, 11:59 p.m.

Weight: This task is 40% of your total grade for this subject.

Rubrics Media Case Study Assignment “My country as a Media and IP location. “

Exceptional 90-100 Good 80-89 Fair 70-79 Marginal fail 60-69

Knowledge & Understanding

(20%)

Student demonstrates excellent understanding of key concepts and uses vocabulary in an entirely appropriate manner.

Student demonstrates good understanding of the task and mentions some relevant concepts and demonstrates use of the relevant vocabulary.

Student understands the task and provides minimum theory and/or some use of vocabulary.

Student understands the task and attempts to answer the question but does not mention key concepts or uses minimum amount of relevant vocabulary.

Application (30%) Student applies fully relevant knowledge from the topics delivered in class.

Student applies mostly relevant knowledge from the topics delivered in class.

Student applies some relevant knowledge from the topics delivered in class. Misunderstanding may be evident.

Student applies little relevant knowledge from the topics delivered in class. Misunderstands are evident.

Critical Thinking (30%)

Student critically assesses in excellent ways, drawing outstanding conclusions from relevant authors.

Student critically assesses in good ways, drawing conclusions from relevant authors and references.

Student provides some insights but stays on the surface of the topic. References may not be relevant.

Student makes little or none critical thinking insights, does not quote appropriate authors, and does not provide valid sources.

Communication (20%)

Student communicates their ideas extremely clearly and concisely, respecting word count, grammar and spellcheck

Student communicates their ideas clearly and concisely, respecting word count, grammar and spellcheck

Student communicates their ideas with some clarity and concision. It may be slightly over or under the wordcount limit. Some misspelling errors may be evident.

Student communicates their ideas in a somewhat unclear and unconcise way. Does not reach or does exceed wordcount excessively and misspelling errors are evident.