MIGRAIN: Industries - Regulation

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

Regulation is the process of prohibiting or reducing a certain type of content or content that does not meet certain regulation standards from a type of audience. Media needs to be regulated due to the fact that certain content should not be shown to certain age groups.

2) What is OFCOM responsible for?

The OFice of COMunication (OFCOM) is responsible for regulating television, radio, telephone services and some aspects of the internet, although the areas most relevant to media students are 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?

Section 1: Protecting the Under-Eighteens:

Small censorship to controversial, possibly harmful content is important for easily influenced under 18's

Section 5: Impartiality and Undue Prominence of Views and Opinions:

All views should be respected and discussed in a balanced manner.

Section 2: Harm and Offence:

Copy cat crimes are quiet common with under 18's

4) Do you agree with OFCOM that Channel 4 was wrong to broadcast 'Wolverine' at 6.55pm on a Sunday evening? Why?

I believe that they were in the right as the content within wolverine can be quite aggressive 

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?

It was criticised due to its lack of statuary power 

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

The leveson enquiry was set up due to the fact that a company was found our to be hacking phone calls connected to the royal family

8) What was the PCC replaced with in 2014?

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 believe that press regulation should be used until freedom of speech and biases are involved e.g. If individuals wish to criticises the government, it should not be censored

10) Why is the internet so difficult to regulate?

The internet is a global network with many loopholes that can prove difficult to patch up.