Regulatary Bodies

regulator bodies- Issues

What is monopoly?

A monopoly is simply a market with only one seller and no close substitutes for that seller's product. Technically, the term "monopoly" is supposed to refer to the market itself, but it's become common for the single seller in the market to also be referred to as a monopoly (rather than as having a monopoly on a market). It's also fairly common for the single seller in a market to be referred to as a monopolist.

Why is it important to ensure that no one single media producer in the UK has a monopoly?

The new communication technology is exciting but it itself going to democratize anything. But the problem with our present democracy is not that all of us don’t have an adequate communication, our parliamentary representatives already know the polls that the majority oppose privation, health cuts and recent huge rises for the rich. The problem with the monopolies is that there a socially and politically tied to the establishments and we have no control of them.

Why is consumer choice important?

Cosumers choice is important because There are two different consumers involved, in the first case consumption can be a primary individual and in the second case a producer might make something that he would not consume himself, therefore, different motivations and abilities are involved.


 What is censorship?
Censorship is the editing of material from a written or visual presentation, things are cencored when they are inapproriate like a sexual or nude scene, acts of violence or bad language (swearing) "Hate speech" (religious, ethnic, or racial insults) things have to be censored on TV, radio, music or sometimes very rarely on the internet.


 What are the arguments for and against censorship?

Pros:
1) Protection of minors from pornographic material
2) Protection of information/intelligence of National Security, Including information regarding the Military (weapons tech, enemy knowledge, etc.)
3) Promotes good morals
4) Prevents grossly violent messages/events from being delivered
5) Prevents spread of harmful information

 Cons:
1) Freedom of Speech is violated
-also, the freedom of the press
2) Prevents the spread of ideas and knowledge
-leads to ignorance and bias beliefs
3) Usually associated with dictatorships, not progressive democracies
4) Encourages curiosity about censored material
5) Resists questioning of conventional ideas

 

Why should under 18's be subject to particular considerations by regulators?

The majority of legal considerations involve a lot reporting restrictions. Reporting legal proceeds is a very complex area of law and legal advice and must be sought at an early stage and certainly before anything else happens. It is a contempt of court i.e. a criminal offence, to identify a child in contravention of an order of the court or in contravention of legal restrictions

Regulator Bodies

Office for communication- is communication Regular bodythat regulates with TV and Radio Sectors, offcom has a fixed line with telecoms and also Postal Services also with airwaves and Wireless device operates. On 21st february they reorganised and completed a internal review, this was designed to reduce a expenditure to challenge the whole of the public sector.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adversting Standards Authority-is one of the uks independant bodies that advertise all over the media in the uk there a certain advertising codes that the asa has to follow and they were written by the committees of advertsing practise.  There work included acting on loads of complaints and checing the media for action against any misleading or harm to any other people.