Media Regulations

Who regulates the media?

Most media regulations in the media include a number of different bodies, each are mainly independent and often have conferences with the public. Most are seen as journalists or have been recognized by the media.

Why does the media needs regulating?

Regulation is the means for free expression for information the modern society. The media needs regulating because of the protection of public order and the protection of individual rights. In other words keeping ‘normal’.

Should media texts be subject to censorship?

Media text shouldn’t be subject to censorship, because we have a right in modern society to free speech and keeping private conversations private. However I do think that in some aspects it should be at least monitored, much like e-mailing, whenever anything sounds sinister, it should be ‘flagged’ and explored.

What are the key issues relating to media influence (Uses and Gratification Theory, Desensitisation, Cultural Regulation), and how might they have affected you?

Globalisation has made a massive impact on society; the world’s technology has become something of great importance to the world we live in. It has made people much closer; it has made people become reliant on technology, to interact.

Younger children have become desensitised by what the watch on TV especially. Most of them watch things online, that aren’t something they should be watching, or they are able to watch a movie that isn’t certificated to there age. Although they aren’t allowed in the cinema they are still able to watch it once it has been released on DVD.

Not only TV effects children’s minds, the gaming world has become so much more accessible for young people. Many games require you to kill many people, although these types of games have been around for along time, you don’t necessarily see the person die, this day a age, most of what you see on screen looks very realistic and can hinder a child’s actions towards people in real life.

Is the public protected or hindered by media regulation?

The media are in some ways protected by regulation and hindered. They are hindered by media regulations because some audiences are made to feel like they are not able to watch a certain movie because its too terrible to watch, for example: 'The Human Centipede', which got banned because of it's gruesome acts of violence. However the public are then protected by media regulations because it choses not to show such horror to its audience; especially for the younger people. Although you can still find it on the internet. 

Violent Documentary- George Gerbner

 http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/mean-world-syndrome/

This documentary demonstrates George Gerbner's views on the regulation of violence, through the media. Being in Film, Music, Cartoons, Daily News etc. After Gerbner came back from the 2nd world war he started to look at violence within the media, the way its influence can effect people. He seems to think that children will see 8,000 murders before they are 16 and 200,000 acts of violence before they are 18;

We see violence many times of the day. Violence seem to have a powerful effect on children epsecially...

1938- 'War of the Worlds'; about alien invasion, scared everyone that was listening, people actually believed it because it sounded like a news report, it had such a 'profound effect upon the radio listeners'. Audiences were under major control with media violence, our society has now become a custome to the act of violence because it is shown so much; leading to the idea of Cultivation, where images shape our society, idividuals, life etc. "Cultivation studies shows that heavy viewers are more likely than lighter viewers to percieve the world as a fightening and dangerous place."

'The mean world syndrome'- People absorb what they see on film and believe that that is what is happening in real life. Audiences constantly now look over their shoulders because they believe they are under some kind of threat.

We see all these countless times on the television & the news:
Threats of war
End of time
Disease
Animal attacks
Murder
Rape
Disasters

'No body is safe'- audiences are shown so much media violence that it influences people to do these acts themselves. Or to consistanly look out, and be afraid of everything. People think that crime is so much worse than it actually is, which meant that crime rate decreased in America because people were so treffied of crime. However the Americans didnt actually believe this, becuase they were still shown so much violence within the media. People protect themselves with guns, knives etc. in certain areas of America due to the viewers fear. They feel 'comfortable and protected'.

He believed that there was a connection between violence and illegal immigrants- they don't believe that people who are not supposed to be in America should committ crime, espcially becuase they don't belong there. Illegal immigrants are seen as to be people that want to attack America, espically muslims, they are seen as terrorists; apparently there is a huge link-'Muslim extremeist terrorism'.

Black Males- are seen as violent, becuase there was some kind of increase with the African American crime rate in America. They were seen in ghettos and poverty and some issues of inequallity- the white society then started to believe that African Americans were now the result in most crimes in the inner city of America.

Terry Pratchett

This documentary really hit me and made me very emotional, but also got me thinking about different issues that could have caused problems with the public becuase the audience saw everything; the camera was in the room while a man was dying.

The whole message that I think Pratchett was trying to get across was to get people more involved with asistant killing. That in a way it is very benefical for everyone, that its not all bad. He wanted people to understand that there is so much more to it than just taking a pill.

This participartory documentary made the audience see Terry Pratchett talking to the people involved and getting in to the situations, also because this is something that he can relate to, because he also have a terminal illness.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NUa0SyyyMg

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