Media Regulation

 MEDIA REGULATION:


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

It protects citizens from unsafe food and products, from public and occupational health risks, and from fraud and financial detriment.

→What is OF-COM responsible for?

The regulator for the communications services that we use and rely on each day.

→Look at the section on the OF-COM broadcasting code. Which do you think are the three most important sections of the broadcasting code and why?

→Do you agree with OF-COM that Channel 4 was wrong to broadcast 'Wolverine' at 6.55pm on a Sunday evening? Why?

I don't think they were wrong to broadcast wolverine as it is just part of their business and makes them money.

→List five of the sections in the old Press Complaints Commission's Code of Practice. 
  • Accuracy
  • Privacy
  • Harassment 
  • Hospitals 
  • Children
→Why was the Press Complaints Commission criticised?
The PCC received extensive criticism for its lack of action in the News of the World phone hacking affair, including from MPs and Prime Minister David Cameron, who called for it to be replaced with a new system in July 2011.

→What was the Leveson enquiry and why was it set up?
The Leveson Inquiry was a judicial public inquiry into the culture, practices, and ethics of the British press following the News International phone hacking scandal, chaired by Lord Justice Leveson, who was appointed in July 2011. A series of public hearings were held throughout 2011 and 2012.

→What was the PCC replaced with in 2014?
The PCC closed on Monday 8 September 2014, and was replaced by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), chaired by Sir Alan Moses.

→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?


→Why is the internet so difficult to regulate?

content, including messages, can take any path between the two end points is a foremost reasons why the internet is hard to regulate.

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