publish and be damned

Max Mosely had his private life printed on news of the world, and if he took it to court it would cost him£10's of thousands if he won and over £1,000,000 if he lost. the damage is already done for him and in  court it gets rehersed again with more media to film and record it so there is no way of him winning and the public associates him with nazi sex orgys. Also the internet alows the stories to go world wide.This also shows that not everyone can afford to pay all the money in the courts so not everyone could take it that far.

Mr Jefferies was supected of killing Jo Yeates, but he didn't and he was subject to a lot of abuse from the media ranging from him being a peeping tom or a killer. 

The pcc did nothing about these cases as max mosely went to court and Mr Jefferies stories could have been stopped after the first story was published as there were 8 stories over all that affected Jefferies.  



key phrase's

Retrospective action- acting on something after it has happened

published and be damned

libel-can't lie in the news about some one

privacy- cant invade people's privacy

public intrest

Why is there media regulation

• To stop children becoming psychotic murderers ( john venables/jamie bulger case)
• reassurance, to tell people/ public that they are safe and protected
• make sure media is in the law
• privicy
• so that the truth comes out (protect from lies)
• protect buisnesses from competitor lies (tesco asda) 

Key words

Desensitisation- reducing sensitivity

Deregulation- to reduce the amount of rregulation

July 2011 news of the world was shut down by rupurt murdoch after the phone hacking scandel causing £240million loss for the news group around the world.

What factors underpin and make the idea of regulation open to change?

• Change in values and public opinion (historical and socio- political change) 
• desensitisation as people aren't as bothered now about seeing certain things
• changes in technology
• cultural regulation- some cultures won't mind miley cyrus but other will be horrifyed at the video

Freedom of the press

• freedom of the press- They get to publish what they want
• Freedom of speech- say what you want when your own but you cant harm others
• public intrest-What the public want to hear and what they care about

introduction to section b exam

50% section b
25% section a1
25% section a2

Research the candidates choice, we have to chose what we do, not what sir tells us. At least two types of media (films, advertising, print) emphisis on the historical, the comtempory and the future (bbfc changing certificate)
Keep everything up to date and relevent.

contempery media regulation  (contempery means now)

What is the nature of contemp media reg comared to previous practices

what are arguments for and against specific forms of contemporary media regulation

how efective are regulatory practices

what are the wider social issues relating to media regulation

film censorship
regulation of advertising
press and regulation
online media
social networking and online world
altenitive theory of audience