Regulation

1. Regulation is a rule or directive made and maintained by an authority : 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. OFCOM is the Office of Communication. They are responsible for regulating television, radio, telephone services and some aspects of the internet. They are also responsible for granting licenses to TV and Radio station. Finally, they also handle complaints about any programme content through the Broadcasting Code.                                                                                          
3. I think that sections 1, 3 and 8 are the most important. I choose section one because it concerns the well being of young children. As children, they tend to be nurtured very easily so protecting them from any bad media products for their age group would be considered helpful and useful. As for section 3, even though crime has been on the decrease, the number of crimes committed is still quite high and the media has grown so much that some people are swayed from watching something crime related which makes them go a bit insane which then resolves with them committing a crime. Section 8 is all about privacy, I think I chose this one party because of my personal mindset. To me, privacy means a lot, to understand someone's privacy and to respect it is important. Viewers at home want reassurance that their privacy isn't being taken away from them if they're watching a particular show so to be able to keep their privacy is something I feel that every broadcaster should have to do.                                                              
4. I agree with OFCOM because not every child will sleep before 6:55pm on any day especially a Sunday when they've just had a weekend of fun ad are now hyperactive (in other words, it isn't certain that they will sleep at a given time). Even if they're is a warning sign at the start of the movie for violence, not everyone tunes in from the start, some families come in maybe halfway through to see a fight and maybe the death of someone.                                                                
5. - Privacy         - Discrimination         - Accuracy         - Children        - Victims of sexual assault                                                                                                            
6. The Press Complaints Commission were criticised for the lack of statutory power. This means they do not have the power to force a particular response from a newspaper agency when they have done something wrong. The best the sufferer would get is most likely an apology from them and nothing more.                                                                                                                    
7. The Leveson enquiry was a judicial public enquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the British press where a series of public hearings were held throughout 2011 and 2012. This was held because of the International phone hacking scandal.                                                               
8. The PCC (Press Complaints Commission) was replaced by the IPSO (Independent Press Standards Organisation) on the 8th of September 2018.