Media Regulation

1.     Who regulates the media?

Media Regulation is the process of control and guidance in order for Media to be shown in a suitable way. Society as a whole regulate media but most importantly TV and the newspaper press do as they persuade us to think in a way through what is printed on the newspapers and what kind of programmes are shown on TV influencing our heads

2.     Why does the media needs regulating?

·         To protect the public order

·         So that underage children are not shown certain programmes that are not suitable for them

·         The promotion of access, freedom to communicate, diversity and universal provision as well as securing communicative and cultural ends chosen by the people for themselves.

3.     Should media texts be subject to censorship?

Censorship is the suppression of speech or other public communication which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or inconvenient as determined by a government, media outlet. Censorship could be done by the government and private organizations. It usually occurs in speech, books, music, film or nay other kind of media context. This is done to hold order and control, to protect children which may be even illegal in some cases.  Many countries provide strong protections against censorship by law and so I personally agree and believe that some media texts should be subject to censorship just simply for our protection.

4.     Is the public protected or hindered by media regulation?

Yes the public are protected or hindered by media regulation in a way as media contexts such as social networks block you from seeing unsuitable parts of that website if they believe you are not categorised to be able to and think you are under aged protecting you. Sites such as YouTube delete your video automatically if they believe that we are in harm or danger which shows that the media is regulated.