Media regulation: blog tasks

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

the rules and laws that govern what can be shown or expressed in films and media. Systems of regulation are required to provide rules and regulations to ensure that organizations operate fairly. In the media industry there are several regulatory bodies that exist to monitor the way that their industries work.

2) What is OFCOM responsible for?

(OFCOM) is responsible for regulating television, radio, telephone services and some aspects of the internet,

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-Eighteens  I think this is important  young people are shaped on want  they see and hear therefore  protecting and censoring them from certain thing is important.

Section 4: Religion- I think religion is important as faith is something that is extremely important  to everyone so they need to  be taken into consideration 

Section 8: Privacy  

4) Do you agree with OFCOM that Channel 4 was wrong to broadcast 'Wolverine' at 6.55pm on a Sunday evening? Why? No I don't agree Ofcom  this is because the film  says it has violence and better  yet  the parents could have searched up clips in the film   or looked at a synopsis of the film and understand what it is  better yet its  a 12a for a reason meaning  it can be seen by a 12 year old by themselves anyone younger must have a adult with  them  when it was going to be viewed .

5) List five of the sections in the old Press Complaints Commission's Code of Practice. 

Section 1: Accuracy

Section 2: Opportunity to Reply

Section 3: Privacy*

Section 4: Harassment*

Section 5: Intrusion Into Grief and Shock

6) Why was the Press Complaints Commission criticised?

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. Critics also argue that many newspapers seem to fly in the face of the rules on a pretty regular basis and that very little is done to stop them. 

7) What was the Leveson enquiry and why was it set up?

Throughout 2011 and 2012, an inquiry into the “culture, practice and ethics of the press” was held, mainly as a result of the so-called phone hacking scandal. In January 2007, Clive Goodman (the royal reporter of the News of the World newspaper) and Glenn Mulcaire (a private investigator, employed by Goodman) were imprisoned for illegally intercepting phone calls connected to the royal family. At the time, the News of the World claimed that Goodman was a rogue reporter, working alone but it emerged during the Leveson Enquiry that phone hacking was much more widespread throughout the industry.

The enquiry also looked at other areas of press behavior that were considered questionable.

8) What was the PCC replaced with in 2014?

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 that  free press is important this is so there is diversity in opinions 

10) Why is the internet so difficult to regulate? The internet is extremely hard to regulate this is because it so big and if they start censoring it  people will feel like they are taking way freedom of speech which would annoy people and is restricting them also because the internet is  everchanging  therefore making it harder for it to be regulated and for people to fully understand it enough  for people to regulate