Media regulation: blog task
Read the Factsheet and complete the following questions/tasks:
1) What is regulation and why do media industries need to be regulated?
Regulations are there to provide rules and it ensures that organisations operate fairly.
2) What is OFCOM responsible for?
"OFCOM is responsible for regulating broadcast media such as TV and Radio"
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?
I think the 3 most important are: harm and offence-if they did not regulate the amount of harm and offence shown on most TV channels, then I think a whole lot of people would be more aggressive because bandura's theory does work and it still may effect people today. I think another important section is: crime- if crime was not regulated on TV channels then I feel like people could get ideas and new ways to steal or break into a car or other illegal things and it would give the audience new ways of doing illegal stuff which is why I think if crime watch didn't include police coming in at the end at arresting the criminals, there would be a lot more crimes happening today. The 3rd most important section in my opinion would be: elections and referendum, if elections and referendum's were not regulated then there would be a lot of bias-ism and it would make the less aware people to vote for the "bad" party.
4) Do you agree with OFCOM that Channel 4 was wrong to broadcast 'Wolverine' at 6.55pm on a Sunday evening? Why?
Even though, 6:55pm is slightly late, kids up to the age of 8-12 sleep at around 8pm which means that when the movie starts at 7pm, they wouldn't be able to finish the film unless they have strict parents. Or if they were smart enough, they wouldn't start watching the film because they know that they won't be able to finish it. Also, I feel that kids don't even watch channel 4, they usually watch on cartoon network or cbbc.
5) List five of the sections in the old Press Complaints Commission's Code of Practice.
privacy, accuracy, discrimination, payment to criminals, hospitals.
6) Why was the Press Complaints Commission criticised?
PCC’s Code of Practice was an example of Voluntary Regulation, meaning that newspapers were free to sign up to the code or not. If any rules are broken, the paper could be asked to issue an apology but the PCC had no power to force a newspaper to do so. Newspapers are not licenced – anybody can set one up and start publishing if they wish – so revoking a newspaper’s licence was not an option for the PCC.
In recent years, the PCC became the focus of a great deal of controversy. It’s critics claim that the lack of statutory powers means that when a newspaper has been found to breach 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 inquiry and why was it set up?
The Leveson inquiry was setup because of a phone hacking scandal. It is an inquiry of how famous journalists got their information on certain things and in what way they exported the information.
8) What was the PCC replaced with in 2014?
The PCC was replaced by 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 think the press shouldn't be regulated, that way, reporters and journalists could ask any question they want instead of written questions that are made beforehand by other people, it should be the reporters asking their own serious, personal questions.
10) Why is the internet so difficult to regulate?
The internet is so difficult to regulate because the internet is worldwide and some governments won't be able to cover some parts of the internet because it is already controlled by another government and they can't step over boundaries.
1) What is regulation and why do media industries need to be regulated?
Regulations are there to provide rules and it ensures that organisations operate fairly.
2) What is OFCOM responsible for?
"OFCOM is responsible for regulating broadcast media such as TV and Radio"
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?
I think the 3 most important are: harm and offence-if they did not regulate the amount of harm and offence shown on most TV channels, then I think a whole lot of people would be more aggressive because bandura's theory does work and it still may effect people today. I think another important section is: crime- if crime was not regulated on TV channels then I feel like people could get ideas and new ways to steal or break into a car or other illegal things and it would give the audience new ways of doing illegal stuff which is why I think if crime watch didn't include police coming in at the end at arresting the criminals, there would be a lot more crimes happening today. The 3rd most important section in my opinion would be: elections and referendum, if elections and referendum's were not regulated then there would be a lot of bias-ism and it would make the less aware people to vote for the "bad" party.
4) Do you agree with OFCOM that Channel 4 was wrong to broadcast 'Wolverine' at 6.55pm on a Sunday evening? Why?
Even though, 6:55pm is slightly late, kids up to the age of 8-12 sleep at around 8pm which means that when the movie starts at 7pm, they wouldn't be able to finish the film unless they have strict parents. Or if they were smart enough, they wouldn't start watching the film because they know that they won't be able to finish it. Also, I feel that kids don't even watch channel 4, they usually watch on cartoon network or cbbc.
5) List five of the sections in the old Press Complaints Commission's Code of Practice.
privacy, accuracy, discrimination, payment to criminals, hospitals.
6) Why was the Press Complaints Commission criticised?
PCC’s Code of Practice was an example of Voluntary Regulation, meaning that newspapers were free to sign up to the code or not. If any rules are broken, the paper could be asked to issue an apology but the PCC had no power to force a newspaper to do so. Newspapers are not licenced – anybody can set one up and start publishing if they wish – so revoking a newspaper’s licence was not an option for the PCC.
In recent years, the PCC became the focus of a great deal of controversy. It’s critics claim that the lack of statutory powers means that when a newspaper has been found to breach 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 inquiry and why was it set up?
The Leveson inquiry was setup because of a phone hacking scandal. It is an inquiry of how famous journalists got their information on certain things and in what way they exported the information.
8) What was the PCC replaced with in 2014?
The PCC was replaced by 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 think the press shouldn't be regulated, that way, reporters and journalists could ask any question they want instead of written questions that are made beforehand by other people, it should be the reporters asking their own serious, personal questions.
10) Why is the internet so difficult to regulate?
The internet is so difficult to regulate because the internet is worldwide and some governments won't be able to cover some parts of the internet because it is already controlled by another government and they can't step over boundaries.
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