Thursday, 1 June 2017

Contemporary Media Regulation


Candidates should look into these 4 points:
  • What is the nature of contemporary media regulation compared with previous practices?
  • What are the arguments for and against specific forms of contemporary media regulation?
  • How effective are regulatory practices?
  • What are the wider social issues relating to media regulation?

Candidates might explore combinations of:


  • Film censorship
  • the regulation of advertising
  • the Press and regulation / control, computer / video game classification
  • the regulation of online media
  • social networking and virtual worlds
  • contemporary broadcasting and political control
  • the effects debate and alternative theories of audience
  • children and television
  • violence and the media or a range of other study contexts relating to the regulation of contemporary media. 
  • Regulation might be researched in regard to media content, access, ownership and control and / or in relation to politics, public interest and democracy. 

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