What is the difference between a consumer based media regulation system and a citizen based regulation system?

Consumer=Individual needs and individual gains such as watching specific shows. Citizen= Social needs for everyone such as a news broadcast appealing to a wider audience.

Q. What impact did the 2003 Communications Act have on media regulation?

Labour governments modernized UK regulations systems and assist the UK tele to become competitive in a globalized media landscape. Promoted independent production by getting the BBC and Chanel4 to commission more content from smaller production companies making it more consumer based instead of a citizen based regulation. This suggests production companies could produce and publish what they wanted even if it wasnt in the publics interest.

Q. What is the drawback of a self-regulated system?

producers and editors create their own moral and ethical codes of conduct of what they allow themselves to produce which can be different from others. This could suggest that certain publishers could go against the publics ethical and moral code as well as other institutions.

Q. How do you regulate media content and organisations on a global scale?