MIGRAIN: Industries - Regulation

 

1) What is regulation and why do media industries need to be regulated?
regulation is rules controlling media content to protect the public and ensure fairness

2) What is OFCOM responsible for?
regulating TV,radio,telecommunications and broadcasting standards

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?
protecting under 18s(safeguarding children)<harm and offences(prevents distress)impartiality(ensures balanced news).

4) Do you agree with OFCOM that Channel 4 was wrong to broadcast 'Wolverine' at 6.55pm on a Sunday evening? Why?
yes as it breaches pre-watershed rules on violence, aswell as the fact that children were more likely to view it especially at 6.55pm

5) List five of the sections in the old Press Complaints Commission's Code of Practice. 
Accuracy
Privacy
Harassment
Children
Intrusion into grief or shock

6) Why was the Press Complaints Commission criticised?
it was self-regulating and lacked power to enforce rules

7) What was the Leveson enquiry and why was it set up?
A public inquiry into the press after the phone-hacking scandal

8) What was the PCC replaced with in 2014?
IPSO(Independent Press Standards Organisation)

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?
a free press is vital , but some regulation is needed to protect the public

10) Why is the internet so difficult to regulate?
It is a global , user generated and lacks a single regulator