MIGRAIN: Industries - Regulation
Go to our Media Factsheet archive on the Media Shared drive and open Factsheet 128: Contemporary Media Regulation. Our Media Factsheet archive can be found at M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets. You can find it online here - you'll need to log in using your Greenford Google login . Read the Factsheet and complete the following questions/tasks: 1) What is regulation and why do media industries need to be regulated? Regulation is systems that provide rules and regulations to ensure fairness. 2) What is OFCOM responsible for? OFCOM is responsible for regulating broadcast media. 3) Look at the section on the OFCOM broadcasting code. Which do you think are the three most important sections of the broadcasting code and why? They grant licences for TV and radio stations, have a system of licences to ensure limited amount of signal possible so they could be picked up clearly, controls are placed on quality, bias and impartiality 4) Do you agree with OFCOM that Channel 4 was...
