Like most industries, the media is regulated - overseen by government to make sure the market is fair and the content appropriate for the audience.
As A Level Media students, we need to understand how the media is regulated and form opinions on whether we think that regulation is effective and appropriate. Complete the blog task below to demonstrate you understand the basics of media regulation.
Media regulation: blog task
Go to our Media Factsheet archive on the Media Shared drive and open Factsheet 128: Contemporary Media Regulation. Our Media Factsheet archive can be found at M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets
Read the Factsheet and complete the following questions/tasks:
1) What is regulation and why do media industries need to be regulated?
2) What is OFCOM responsible for?
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?
4) Do you agree with OFCOM that Channel 4 was wrong to broadcast 'Wolverine' at 6.55pm on a Sunday evening? Why?
5) List five of the sections in the old Press Complaints Commission's Code of Practice.
6) Why was the Press Complaints Commission criticised?
7) What was the Leveson enquiry and why was it set up?
8) What was the PCC replaced with in 2014?
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?
10) Why is the internet so difficult to regulate?
Complete this for homework - due next Friday.
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