SWITCH TO RUSSIAN
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF JOURNALISM
Course
syllabus by
S. Arkhipov
LECTURE 1. INTRODUCTORY LECTURE
- A role of Mass Media in modern
society
- Press in the countries with transiting
economy
- Reforms and the topics of scholastic
research
- Empirical research of Mass Media
- Theoretical research of Journalism
LECTURE
2. HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF FREE PRESS
- Essence of Platonic thought on
freedom of expression
- Political thinking of Niccolo Machiavelli
- Hobbes on the right to control
thoughts and expressions
- Spinoza on the balancing of needs of a state and an individual
- Milton notion of freedom of the press
- The supporters of Milton’s
ideas in Europe (C. Blount, J. Toland, M. Tindal, A.Collins).
- Early political thinking about the
press in America
(B. Franklin, T. Paine, T. Jefferson)
LECTURE 3.
PHILOSOPICAL
PRINCIPLES OF FREE FUNCTIONING THE PRESS IN A SOCIETY
- Classical Liberalism and its
theorists
- Transition to Neo-Liberalism
- Modern Neo-Liberalism
- Positive approach to freedom
- Democratic communication
- The press in a strong democracy
- Comparative analysis of the
philosophical conceptions
LECTURE 4.
PUBLIC POLICY IN MEDIA
ISSUES
- Appearing of governmental regulation
of the press
- Media dependence on a state under
authoritarian policy
- Public regulation of media under
liberal policy
- Origin of the metaphor The Forth
Estate
- Media capacity under economic
policy
LECTURE 5.
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS IN
JOURNALISM THEORIES
- The earliest notions about mass
media
- A role of public information in
social scientific theories
- Shaping and legitimating media
institutions in normative theories
- Describing media practitioners
conduct in operational theories
- Common-sense theories of media use
about freedom of press
LECTURE 6.
PROTECTING JOURNALISTS’
RIGHTS IN MEDIA LAW
- A role of mass media law in modern
society
- The earliest attempts to protect
freedom of press
- What defends First Amendment
- Struggle for people’s right to know
- Journalists’ right to publish
information
LECTURE 7.
ETHICAL ESSUEIS IN MASS
COMMUNICATIONS
- Emergence of the media ethics
- Truth-telling in the press
- Conflict of interests
- Violence and the mass media
- Appearance of victim names in the
press
LECTURE 8.
TRANSFORMATION OF
PROFESSIONAL METHODS
- Professional methods in journalism
- Mass Media in transition countries
- Struggle against censorship
- Protection of confidential sources
- The leaks of information
LECTURE 9. INFLUENCE ON MEDIA CONTENT
- Selection information for Mass Media
- Who influence media content
- Press and government
- Ownership and Mass Media
- Media in transition countries
LECTURE
10. LINGUISTIC APPROACH TO COMMUNICATION
- Power of metaphors
- Principles of free speech
- Verbal aggression
- Political correctness in speech
- Standardization in speech
READINGS:
REQUIRED
Arkhipov, S. Freedom of the Press and Social
Responsibility of Journalism.
Vladikavkaz: North-Ossetian
University Press, 2010.
RECOMMENDED
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Arkhipov
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Arkhipov S. Public Policy
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Useful Internet Resources
Committee
to Protect Journalists
Institute
of Problems of Media Law
Reporters without
Borders
Russian
Department of Mass Communications
Russian
Federal Agency on the Press and Mass Communication
Russian
Federal Inspection in the Sphere of Information Technologies
and Mass Communications
Woodrow
Wilson International Center for Scholars
Union
of Journalists of Russia
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