Libertinism – Where people believe in freedom at the expense of structure.
Authoritarianism – Where people believe in structure at the expense of freedom.
Hedonism – Seeking pleasure and avoiding pain. Exchanging please for pain if that pleasure isn’t easily accessible then that pain will be greater.
Epicurism talks about happiness and is made up of 3 key factors, the first being that you should strive away from sexual fantasies, the next being that you should all live together with your friends and the third being that you should not spoil yourself with luxuries and find small jobs to do with other people.
The Frankfurt school – A school which Theodor Adorno participated in where he was forced to move out of Germany due to the war happening at the time 1930 – 1960 and moved to America where he studied
| Focus | Specifics | |
| Why regulate? | protection of children criminal activity health and safety good working practices privacy libel / slander / defamation of character Ethics, Morals and Code of Conduct | Rooney v Vardy, Depp v Heard |
| What gets regulated? | Film Advertising Television Music Video Games Internet Books Newspapers Radio The News Magazines Cartoons / animations | BBC, Instagram, Facebook, the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Newspaper regulation), |
| Who regulates what? | Government (overall ?) BBFC (cinema) Ofcom Individuals (?) Groups (?) Bodies (?) | Ofcom is the regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries. Mechanical Copyright Protection Society (MCPS) – they oversee the collection of royalties for album and single sales, both in physical formats and digital downloads and pay these to the bands and artists. PEGI (regulates games) |
| How will regulation be put in place? | copyright rating system | Performing Rights Society (PRS) – a society of songwriters, composers and music publishers. (music) Classifications currently in use are Uc, U, PG, 12, 12A, 15, 18 and R18 (BBFC) |