Monday, January 14, 2019

Regulation

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

regulations are required rules which help you work fairly in a organisation.

2) What is OFCOM responsible for?

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

yes because channel 4 I is for people to watch news and get information which means showing wolverine doesn't make sense for the channel as the channel is not meant to show entertainment.

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


  •  Accuracy 
  • Opportunity to Reply
  •  Privacy*
  • Harassment*
  •  Intrusion Into Grief and Shock
6) Why was the Press Complaints Commission criticised?

The press complaints commission criticised because of lack of statuary power

8) What was the PCC replaced with in 2014?

The PCC was replaced by IPSO 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?

in my opinion the press regulation should be only regulated to an extent which give information to us which is important and true.

10) Why is the internet so difficult to regulate?

  The internet is difficult to regulate because the internet cannot be easily manage by anyone as it is being used by 3.2 billion people around the world by many different people so it is very hard to regulate the internet.furthermore there are different governments which also makes it harder for them to regulate their government.

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