Industries Regulation
1) What is regulation and why do media industries need to be regulated?
Regulation is an authority that regulates something, meaning to keep everything in order. Mostly media industries need to be regulated nowadays because of the damage that it can face if not properly regulated. If there was no regulation it could lead to some serious damage due to cancel culture being really popular and damaging for companies.
2) What is OFCOM responsible for?
Ofcom (Office of communications) is the goverment-official regulatory which regulates all type of media in the UK. They regulate Television, radio, broadband, mobile services. All companies are required to have a licence by Ofcom create and publish those type of media.
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?
Section 1: Protecting the Under-Eighteen. Parents need to make sure that their kids isn't influenced on what they see in TV or hear from the radio. Parents need to have safety trust between media companies so i feel like this is important
Section 3: Crime can include heavy violence, drugs and more. All of these factors can influence if crime is put detailed. I don't think there is much regulation in this subject due to crime having such a big recognition but it is important to look over this section because it may be damaging for the audience.
Section 4: Regulating this section is also important due to it can offend some audience. Religion is a hard subject to regulate due to people having many beliefs. But i believe this section is heavily regulated but not related often due to media producers also avoiding this topic.
4) Do you agree with OFCOM that Channel 4 was wrong to broadcast 'Wolverine' at 6.55pm on a Sunday evening? Why?
Due to Wolverine was aired when it was the prime time of children watching Channel 4. Wolvering is a really popular movie which does include scenes of violence which is concerning for parents. But I feel like Channel 4 did nothing wrong because Wolvering appeals to a lot of audience then the younger audience.
5) List five of the sections in the old Press Complaints Commission's Code of Practice.
Discrimination, Harrasment, Reporting of Crime, Privacy, Intrusion Into grief and shock and accuracy.
6) Why was the Press Complaints Commission criticised?
It’s critics claim that the lack of statutory powers means that when a newspaper has been found to break 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?
It was set up because of a phone-hacking scandal. A reporter and a private investigator was sent to prison because off illegal phone tapping into the royal family. The Leveson enquiry helped bring light that phone tapping used throughout different industry's. It also looked at different press behaviour that looked questionable.
8) What was the PCC replaced with in 2014?
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?
Newspaper should face regulation as well. Newspaper is a type of published media production that includes almost the same content as radio and TV but in written form. Free press is important but to big companies free press could also damage them without regulation.
10) Why is the internet so difficult to regulate?
4) Do you agree with OFCOM that Channel 4 was wrong to broadcast 'Wolverine' at 6.55pm on a Sunday evening? Why?
Due to Wolverine was aired when it was the prime time of children watching Channel 4. Wolvering is a really popular movie which does include scenes of violence which is concerning for parents. But I feel like Channel 4 did nothing wrong because Wolvering appeals to a lot of audience then the younger audience.
5) List five of the sections in the old Press Complaints Commission's Code of Practice.
Discrimination, Harrasment, Reporting of Crime, Privacy, Intrusion Into grief and shock and accuracy.
6) Why was the Press Complaints Commission criticised?
It’s critics claim that the lack of statutory powers means that when a newspaper has been found to break 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?
It was set up because of a phone-hacking scandal. A reporter and a private investigator was sent to prison because off illegal phone tapping into the royal family. The Leveson enquiry helped bring light that phone tapping used throughout different industry's. It also looked at different press behaviour that looked questionable.
8) What was the PCC replaced with in 2014?
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?
Newspaper should face regulation as well. Newspaper is a type of published media production that includes almost the same content as radio and TV but in written form. Free press is important but to big companies free press could also damage them without regulation.
10) Why is the internet so difficult to regulate?
It is impossible to regulate the internet due to so many people having access. If its one platform like twitter or facebook then yes. Big social media platforms can be regulated but smaller ones is impossible.
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