Industries- Regulation
Industries- Regulation
Media Factsheet 128:
1) What is regulation and why do media industries need to be regulated?
Very few industries leave the organisations or companies who operate in that sector to their own devices. Systems of the regulation are required to provide rules and regualtions to ensure that organisations 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?
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.
Very few industries leave the organisations or companies who operate in that sector to their own devices. Systems of the regulation are required to provide rules and regualtions to ensure that organisations 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?
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?
Crime: As this is very relevant to today's day and age. Many more people are starting to commit more crimes.
Fairness: There are many gender equality issues in society. So this section is important because as more and more people open up about gender and equality, the norms of society are challenged. For example there are many more homosexual, lesbian etc. individuals opening up.
Religion: Secularisation (the decline in the influence of religion) begins to keep growing. So this is important.
4) Do you agree with OFCOM that Channel 4 was wrong to broadcast 'Wolverine' at 6.55pm on a Sunday evening? Why?
No, I believe that Channel 4 was not wrong to broadcast 'wolverine' at 6.55 because this is the time that children should be sleeping or getting ready for school.
5) List five of the sections in the old Press Complaints Commission's Code of Practice.
Privacy, accuracy, discrimination.
6) Why was the Press Complaints Commission criticised?
The 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 PPC had no power to force a newspaper to do so. 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 behaviour that were considered questionable.
8) What was the PCC replaced with in 2014?
In 2014, the PPC was replaced by the Independant 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 believe that newspapers should face statutory regulation like TV and Radio.
10) Why is the internet so difficult to regulate?
As it is so big. There are so many people who utilise the internet and being a huge provider, it takes time to regulate.
No, I believe that Channel 4 was not wrong to broadcast 'wolverine' at 6.55 because this is the time that children should be sleeping or getting ready for school.
5) List five of the sections in the old Press Complaints Commission's Code of Practice.
Privacy, accuracy, discrimination.
6) Why was the Press Complaints Commission criticised?
The 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 PPC had no power to force a newspaper to do so. 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 behaviour that were considered questionable.
8) What was the PCC replaced with in 2014?
In 2014, the PPC was replaced by the Independant 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 believe that newspapers should face statutory regulation like TV and Radio.
10) Why is the internet so difficult to regulate?
As it is so big. There are so many people who utilise the internet and being a huge provider, it takes time to regulate.
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