Media regulation: blog tasks

 Media regulation: blog tasks


Go to our Media Factsheet archive on the Media Shared drive and open Factsheet 128: Contemporary Media Regulation. Our Media Factsheet archive can be found at M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets. You can find it online here - you'll need to log in using your Greenford Google login. 

Read the Factsheet and complete the following questions/tasks:

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

Systems of regulation are required to provide rules and regulations 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?

TV and radio which is broad cast media.

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?

I think crime is the most important as seeyig such things could influence people in a negative way,protecting the under eighteens are also important as its good to keep the Yung teens safe o the internet.


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

Following a complaint from a viewer, OFCOM judged that the film contained 6 instances of violence that it deemed “unsuitable for children” and therefore the broadcaster had been wrong to show the film before the watershed.

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’s critics claim that the lack of statutory powers means that when a newspaper has been found to breah the rules, the best a victim can hope for is an apology, which often does not get sufficient prominence in the paper.

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.

8) What was the PCC replaced with in 2014?

On 8th September 2014, the 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 think the free press is important but they need to be careful with what they post as it needs to be true with no violent languages, and newspapers should give out right information to keep people more aware of the present.

10) Why is the internet so difficult to regulate?

Emedia is an intrinsic aspect which you need to consider and the issue of regulation is no exception. Although there is no specifc body that governs the regulation of the internet, there are various methods of regulation or censorship that occur across a range of emedia platforms, sites.

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