Media Regulations Task
In lesson today we looked at the different media regulations and who is in charge and the difficulties surrounding this.
The purpose of regulators is needed so there is some organisation to what's being published, The main regulator of the BBC and ITV is Ofcom they also are responsible for complaints to do with radio stations.
The Internet
The social networking sites Facebook and Twitter however do not really have a regulator all of it is mainly done by computers and codes, because the companies are that big it wold be difficult to employ enough people to deal with the amount of complaints made. That's why in some cases things can go wrong, Facebook may have a video reported and because it doesn't fit the computer systems regulations so the video may not be removed.
The internet however doesn't have any official regulations although most websites have a 'comment' policy or the ability to report a post. This links into the 'We Media' context about Jon Snow when he said that websites like Facebook need to take more responsibility for what goes on their site.
An example would be that Facebook are being sued currently by a 14 year old in Northern Ireland due to a case of revenge porn.
At the conservative party conference in 2014 David Cameron announced that there would be age rates places on music videos.
TV stations
If a music video is shown on TV and people want to make complaints they will have to go through Ofcom because they're automatically responsible for this. The have editorial standards which fall under Ofcom's code of conduct. A government or court can place reporting restrictions on a case. For example if a teenager is involved in a very serious crime or incident then the courts can request for their identity to be hidden. A real life example of this was a couple of years ago a teacher was stabbed in a classroom by one of her students and she lost her life as a consequence. The boy was being charged then with murder and his identity was hidden when the news was reporting on the incident. The only problem with this now is because technology is so developed now people can find out the identity on the internet.
Music Videos
The internet has made it virtually impossible for Music videos to be banned, so the reason their is a statement of 'Advisory' parental supervision is to encourage people to make the right decisions and not watch the video or follow what is advised. A lot of the time it doesn't work and people watch the video. An example of this is 'Smack my B**** up'. There were many complaints about this video so it was removed and taken down, but people were intrigued into why it was known as bad, so they went and brought it and it was the best selling single of its year.
How has it changed over time?
People used to wear long dresses in order to cover most of their body as it was seen as unacceptable to show a lot of flesh. Now we see people like Nicki Minaj who have the majority of their body on show in many music videos. one of her most well known videos for this would be 'Anaconda'.
Madonna
The difficulties
In 2014 David Cameron said he would introduce age restrictions on music videos, the only problem with this is that due to the major developments it is so much easier to get hold of a video now, other people can get a hold of it just like they can with video games. Due to all these development it makes it a lot harder for things to be hidden, like we said about the internet, it makes it virtually impossible to hide anything.
Evaluation
The measures they put in place will not be effective because of the advances in technology and how it is very difficult to get things hidden online. People are too interested in what they are not meant to see or aren't allowed to see.
The purpose of regulators is needed so there is some organisation to what's being published, The main regulator of the BBC and ITV is Ofcom they also are responsible for complaints to do with radio stations.
The social networking sites Facebook and Twitter however do not really have a regulator all of it is mainly done by computers and codes, because the companies are that big it wold be difficult to employ enough people to deal with the amount of complaints made. That's why in some cases things can go wrong, Facebook may have a video reported and because it doesn't fit the computer systems regulations so the video may not be removed. The internet however doesn't have any official regulations although most websites have a 'comment' policy or the ability to report a post. This links into the 'We Media' context about Jon Snow when he said that websites like Facebook need to take more responsibility for what goes on their site.
An example would be that Facebook are being sued currently by a 14 year old in Northern Ireland due to a case of revenge porn.
At the conservative party conference in 2014 David Cameron announced that there would be age rates places on music videos.
TV stations
If a music video is shown on TV and people want to make complaints they will have to go through Ofcom because they're automatically responsible for this. The have editorial standards which fall under Ofcom's code of conduct. A government or court can place reporting restrictions on a case. For example if a teenager is involved in a very serious crime or incident then the courts can request for their identity to be hidden. A real life example of this was a couple of years ago a teacher was stabbed in a classroom by one of her students and she lost her life as a consequence. The boy was being charged then with murder and his identity was hidden when the news was reporting on the incident. The only problem with this now is because technology is so developed now people can find out the identity on the internet.
Music Videos
The internet has made it virtually impossible for Music videos to be banned, so the reason their is a statement of 'Advisory' parental supervision is to encourage people to make the right decisions and not watch the video or follow what is advised. A lot of the time it doesn't work and people watch the video. An example of this is 'Smack my B**** up'. There were many complaints about this video so it was removed and taken down, but people were intrigued into why it was known as bad, so they went and brought it and it was the best selling single of its year.
How has it changed over time?
People used to wear long dresses in order to cover most of their body as it was seen as unacceptable to show a lot of flesh. Now we see people like Nicki Minaj who have the majority of their body on show in many music videos. one of her most well known videos for this would be 'Anaconda'.
Madonna
Madonna 'Like a prayer was banned due to the idea that she was able to seduce Jesus which is shown in the video itself. Many people also complained because there are images of burning crosses and the fact that Madonna herself is wearing quite a revealing dress for the time and she's also dancing in a church being a place of worship.
The difficulties
In 2014 David Cameron said he would introduce age restrictions on music videos, the only problem with this is that due to the major developments it is so much easier to get hold of a video now, other people can get a hold of it just like they can with video games. Due to all these development it makes it a lot harder for things to be hidden, like we said about the internet, it makes it virtually impossible to hide anything.
Evaluation
The measures they put in place will not be effective because of the advances in technology and how it is very difficult to get things hidden online. People are too interested in what they are not meant to see or aren't allowed to see.
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