1)The regulator is somebody you can turn to, to take up your complaint, if you feel that an advert is making claims that are unrealistic or a newspaper has invaded your privacy. Media industries need to be regulated so that there are restriction on what can be viewed by whom,for e.g a 5 year old child shouldn't be allowed rent explicit horror films such as Cannibal Holocaust or The Evil Dead.
2)OFCOM is an example of Statutory Regulation. This means that the rules are backed up by the force of law (statute) and Broadcasters can be punished for breaking them: including being stripped of their licence in particularly serious cases or having to pay a fine. OFCOM also handles complaints about programme content through the Broadcasting Code. The code applies to television and radio programmes in the UK and lays out rules about the kind of content that is acceptable for broadcasters to include.
3)In my opinion, the three most important codes are section 4: religion; this is an important one as religion is something that people value and respect the most most and it's also a very sensitive topic to comment on and people can get offended very easily.
4) I believe that Channel 4 did infact violate OFCOM's regulations, as a film of this nature broadcasted at early evening, a popular time slot where families get together to eat dinner and watch TV was misleading (especially due to the misleading name)
5)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) The Press Complaint's Commissions were under controversy because the lack of statutory powers means that when a newspaper has been found to break the rules, the best a victim can hope for is an apology, which often does not get sufficient prominence in the paper. Critics also argue that many 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) The Leveson enquiry was an inquiry into the “culture, practice and ethics of the press” which 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
8) In 2014, the PCC was replaced by the Independent Press Standards Organisation(IPSO). This has been set up by the newspaper industry itself and it’s code of practice is essentially the same as the code administered by the PCC. This has led to criticism that it is the PCC under a different name.
9) I believe that the lack of press regulation is essentially the reason for fake news and the division of society, which leads to hate crimes. Without regulation, reporters and editors are allowed to bend the truth in articles to such an extent, that the effect of this is so powerful it creates hatred and oppositions in society. If there was a press regulation programme in the UK, perhaps society would be able to see situations from similar point of views, as press regulations has allowed them to read more accurate representations of the truth.
10) The internet is truly a very vast place, and it is simply too big to monitor; therefore,internet regulation is extremely difficult as today, things are very easy to hide online and it is almost impossible to sensor everything without unwanted content being leaked.
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