THE KILLING & NO OFFENCE

Similarities – both police dramas that follow theme of crime

Both include detective characters that are investigating murder, both have female protagonists

Differences – No Offence is a British program shown on Channel 4, The Killing is a Danish program shown on Netflix and DR (a Danish broadcasting corporation)

CATEGORY	FAMILIARITIES: from your chosen CSP’s	DIFFERENCES: from your chosen CSP’s	THEORY
CHARACTERS	In ‘The Killing’ and ‘No Offence’ the characters are similar because they are centered around police characters.	In ‘The Killing’ the characters are danish and in ‘No Offence’ they’re English	PROPP, presents the idea of STOCK CHARACTERS, inc ‘hero’, ‘false hero’, ‘princess’ (Killing), ‘father figure’, ‘despatcher’ (No Offence)
NARRATIVE			CHATMAN / FREYTAG /TODOROV
THEMES			LEVI-STRAUSS the use of key themes to structure stories and characters around familiar themes: family, community, law and order, justice. Often set up as binary oppostions: right/wrong urban/rural, young/old, good/bad
REPRESENTATION			PIERCE / BARTHES / SAUSSURE: SEMIOTICS radical and reactionary representations of police, family, law and order, through a range of signs (visual, graphic, audio, narrative, thematic etc)
TECHNICAL CODES / LANGUAGE OF MOVING IMAGE (music, setting, props, lighting, use of camera, editing etc)

CATEGORY	SIMILARITIES: from chosen CSP’s	DIFFERENCES: from chosen CSP’s	THEORY
CHARACTERS	-Both female detectives. -Both have a similar instinct for the case. -Both relatively young	-The Killing is a Danish lady. -No Offence is an English lady. -No Offence the detective is a single Mother	PROPP – both CSP’s present a stock character of a hero and a villian
NARRATIVE
THEMES
REPRESENTATION
TECHNICAL CODES

Category	Familiarities from the CSP’s	Differences from your chosen CSP’s	Theory
Characters
Narrative
Themes
Representation
Technical Codes

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

A consumer based media regulation system describes the people who consume the content giving off a reaction which can be broken down by reception theory and allow the production company to take that data and produce films that meet the expressed interest of the viewer, which is used for the producer to make the maximum profit.

A citizen based market allows the people to decide what they watch which would lead to specific topics/ sports/ tv shows being present with the availability for people like politicians to hide the truth and create a false reality. It would prevent important news from being broadcasted.

What impact did the 2003 Communications act have on media regulation?

It resulted in the reduction of the public service requirements needed for television broadcasting. The act was passed by the labour government and and created the regulator Ofcom. As a result, Independent television productions where free to produce content that was more commercially viable – however this seemed to have a negative impact as it regulations lost accountability.

Whats the draw back of a self regulated system?

In the production of programming that lacks the civic-minded republicanism that had been fostered within previous regulatory frameworks. Livingstone and Lunt argue that Ofcom ‘established institutional structures and roles relating to consumer policy. Strikingly, little equivalent activity or accountability was forthcoming regarding actions to further citizen interests’.

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

Due to the absence of government guidance organisations are left to create their own moral and ethical codes. Some companies are stricter than others allowing some papers like the guardian to be more sexually explicit. Some reasons for this are the Code of conduct, audience-based factors, advertiser needs and institution-oriented factors.

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

A consumer based media regulation system is gives audiences what they want whereas citizen based regulation system gives people what they need. However, its not so simple as people don’t like being told what need but if they always did what they want it wouldn’t benefit them. For example if TV always had what people wanted it would mainly show sports of movies and never show the news or important broadcasts.

What impact did the 2003 Communications act have on media regulation?

The labour government in 2003 brought in OFCOM to regulate the media in TV by trying to “ensure that the media landscape is not dominated by a single organisation”. However, Livingstone and Lunt said there is “little accountability regarding actions to further citizen interests”

What is the drawback of a self-regulated system?

There is freedom for anything to posted on the media and if the newspapers and advertisers are self regulated they are able to turn down or deny any complaints.

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

This can be done by the the media website which the media is posted on for example if disturbing images are posted on twitter they should be the ones to regulate that.

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

The consumer based media focuses on what consumers and audiences want. Citizen based regulation system is where companies create things that citizens want. Creators are given control to create media that they know audiences will want.

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

Tries to ensure that the media landscape is not dominated by a single organisation.

Ofcom is an agency that among other things, tried to get BBC and Channel 4 to produce programmes made my small companies to make the media fairer.

Even though some companies seem small, they are often actually owned by larger companies (conglomerates) therefore they aren’t actually as small as they seem. The 2003 Communications Act aims to stop this to make the media fairer.

Neo Liberalism – let people do what they want. Allows for freedom of choice but is not always ethical and can be seen as offensive and disrespectful.

If no one paid for their TV license then channels like the BBC would not exist as no one would be paying for it.

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

You can’t hold yourself accountable so therefore it isn’t fair. The press will do what they want to do to ensure they make money. The Leveson Inquiry is the regulation of media companies so that they can’t publish whatever they want.

Neo Liberalism – let people do what they want. Allows for freedom of choice but is not always ethical and can be seen as offensive and disrespectful.

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

To make sure everyone regulates their media in the same way they should all make a global well known rule.

Not only regulate media content but also media technologies – ideas around how technology (twitter) influence media

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

consumer based media: when companies focus on creating media in a way of focusing on consumers needs and desires.

citizen based media: when companies are aware of people how have no money – based around all of societies wants – based around the government – produce content that contributes to the social and cultural health.

what impact did the 2003 communications act have on media regulations?

• designed by the labour government
• introduced Ofcom
• good as it helps the UK television industry become competitive in the globalized media landscape of the late twentieth century.
• tries to ensure tat the media landscape is not dominated by a single organisation. ( according to livingstone and lunt)
• they argued that Ofcom established institutional structures and roles relating to consumer policy, striking, little equivalent activity or accountability was for-coming regarding actions to further citizen interest.”
• Ofcom
• advertising standards authority – overseas complaints made by members of the public regarding adverts
• independent press organisation – the semi official press regulator for the UK overseas reader.

• we all have to contribute to TV companies like BBC – if o one paid for TV licence then channels like BBC would not exist as no one would be paying for it.

what is the drawbacks of a self-regulated system

• you can hold yourself accountable so therefore it isn’t fair – The press will do what they want to do to ensure they make money.
• the leverson ” millie dowler” inquiry relates to the regulation of media companies – rules are put in place
• we live in a society of Neo Liberalism = let people say what they want – allows for freedom of choice but is not always ethical and can b seen as offensive and disrespectful.
• The killing – is about murder – you have to make something that sells – livingstone and lunt `believes that society has gone to far – freedom has taken over to far.

How do you regulate media content and organisation on global scale?

• make a global well known rules and regulations
• not only regulate media content , but regulate media technologies – ideas around how technology (twitter) influence media (Donald trumps twitter was taken down, in order to regulate media.)

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

Consumer based regulation system

• what people want
• consumer chooses what they want to watch by giving producers freedom to create those products.
• media makers are given as much freedom as possible to make the media that audiences want to consume.

Citizen based regulation system

• what government want
• argues that media has a role in shaping society and it’s citizens
• provides rules

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

• The act was designed by the labour government in 2003
• The act promoted independent tv production by requiring the BBC and Channel 4 to commission more content from smaller production companies
• Livingstone and Lunt think it’s bad as it is too free regarding citizens interests.

What is the drawback of a self-regulated system?

• Media producers self regulate themselves
• Regulation in place for the media is not rigorous enough.
• Can mess with people’s lifes if consumers want to buy the media products.
• No-consequences for horrible articles
• This led to the leveson inquiry which was a judicial public inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the British press following the News International phone hacking scandal. A series of public hearings were held throughout 2011 and 2012.

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

• very hard to regulate but it is needed
• who will regulate who
• not everyone will agree

• Difference between a consumer based media regulation system and a citizen based regulation system?
• Need rules and regulations
• When media focuses on what consumers want – based on what you want
• Who makes it available – government – what is good for society, individuals, groups – laws, religion etc
• A system for those who have and don’t have money
• What you want to do what they want you to do
• Laws and regulations – sustainability, fairness etc
• The rich, the young determine market and products – specific consumers choice (Sport no news)
• What impact did the 20003 communications act have on media regulation?
• Introduced OFCOM
• Ensuring one is not dominating
• Independent television production companies were freed up to produce content that was more commercially available
• the production of programmings that lacks civic minded republicanism that have been fostered within the previous regulatory framework
• To get more individuals involved rather than a few dominating companies
• ‘Trouble is little accountability regarding actions to further citizens actions are forthcoming’
• Not strong enough enforcement
• What is the drawback of a self-regulated system?
• Those in the wrong are in charge – complain to adverting standers, the advertisers are in charge of it – cannot regulate yourself
• Voyeuristic tendency – consumer demand
• Millie Dowler lead to Leverson Inquiry – regulation is not enforced enough/not acceptable – neo -libral – allows freedom of choice
• PBS – Civic model not consumer – need BBC/unbiased truthful ect
• How do you regulate media content and organisations on a global scale?
• Tech Giants regulation
• Leaders to universally agree – responsibility