Media regulation

1.

Systems of regulation are required to provide rules and regulations to ensure that organisations operate fairly. Regulators also provide somebody for audiences to complain to if they see something they don’t like. 

2.

 OFCOM – the office of communication; regulates broadcast media. 

3.

Section 4: Religion as some shows could be offensive to certain religions and may be classified as racist. 

Section 8: Privacy as someone has every right to report it if they feel like they're privacy has been invaded.

Section 2: Harm and Offence if the scenes being shown might provoke other people to do the same dangerous things then audience should report it for safety of themselves and others. 

4.

Channel 4 shouldn't broadcast films or shows that provoke violent behaviour before the watershed as young people would still be watching and may get influenced by the things they see on TV and develop aggressive behaviours in their day-to-day lives as well. 

5.

Section 4: Harassment

Section 13: Financial Journalism

Section 7: Children in Sex Cases

Section 12: Discrimination

Section 9: Reporting of Crime

6.

The lack of statutory powers means that when a newspaper has been found to break the rules, the best victim can hope for is an apology.
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.

An inquiry into the “culture, practice and ethics of the press” as a result of the phone hacking scandal. Two people were put in prison for illegally intercepting phone calls connected to the royal family. Leveson Enquiry made people realise that phone hacking was much more widespread throughout the industry. 

8.

The Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO).

9.

Free press is important as this is the only way people would be able to find out the news even if they don't have TV's or any other technological devices. It also provides people with more accurate information that doesn't need to be filtered out to suit certain regulations. People get to hear the truth a lot of the times rather than what the media wants them to hear.

10.

The internet is difficult to regulate as there are so many different digital platforms on it with thousands of people using several different apps and posting whatever they want so it is more difficult to filter what should and shouldn't post. Some apps also don't have certain regulations and or do not realise that people are violating their guidelines unless someone else reports it.