regulation

 Contemporary Media Regulation. Our Media Factsheet archive can be found at M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets. You can find it online here - you'll need to log in using your Greenford Google login. 

Read the Factsheet and complete the following questions/tasks:

1) What is regulation and why do media industries need to be regulated?

Regulation is age ratings. Media industries need to be regulated to ensure audiences who aren't 'qualified' to use or see their products are aware of that.

2) What is OFCOM responsible for?

Regulating films and tv shows, radio, telephone services

3) Look at the section on the OFCOM broadcasting code. Which do you think are the three most important sections of the broadcasting code and why?

sections 5, 6 and 8. Because it is informative.

4) Do you agree with OFCOM that Channel 4 was wrong to broadcast 'Wolverine' at 6.55pm on a Sunday evening? Why? 

No, because its just a superhero film. It is not as bad as other movies with things like violence and swearing.

5) List five of the sections in the old Press Complaints Commission's Code of Practice. 

Section 1: Accuracy

Section 2: Opportunity to Reply

Section 3: Privacy*

Section 4: Harassment*

Section 5: Intrusion Into Grief and Shock

6) Why was the Press Complaints Commission criticised?

the lack of statutory powers means that when a

newspaper has been found to breah the rules, the best a victim can hope

for is an apology, which often does not get sufficient prominence in

the paper.

7) What was the Leveson enquiry and why was it set up?

an inquiry into the “culture, practice

and ethics of the press” was held, mainly as a result of the so-called

phone hacking scandal.

8) What was the PCC replaced with in 2014?

the Independent Press

Standards Organisation (IPSO).

9) What is your opinion on press regulation? Is a free press an important part of living in a democracy or should newspapers face statutory regulation like TV and radio?

I thinkk regulation should continue for the products, it won't stop domocracy as you can't inhibit people from using products but it does inform them on what to expct from the product so that they, the audience, or care givers know what they are about to view or use.

10) Why is the internet so difficult to regulate?

Because it is global and regulation is national.