| key question | focus | specifics |
| why regulate? | -truth -child protection -political bias -privacy -human morels -ethics -particular political opinions -‘good’ behaviour -slander -defamation -liable -protection of reputation -ownership to avoid monopolies | -Rooney v Hardy -Johnny Depp v Amber Heard -Elon Musk purchase of Twitter -China banning social media -life of Brian |
| who regulates what? | -the government -specialist body’s eg Ofcom (broadcasting)- (radio) -MCPS (music) -PEGI (video games) -PRS (music) -internal companies -[code of ethics] -individuals -influences -BBFC | |
| what gets regulated? | -newspapers -films -games -tv shows -radio -books -news -advertisements |
libertarianism – promoting ideas of freedom
authoritarianism – promoting the idea of strict centralised control
hedonism – the prioritizing of pleasure over other life values and is theorized to be independent of well-being
What did Epicurus believe about life?
To Epicurus the goal of living was to find happiness through friendship, living humbly and avoiding pain and anxiety. He believed very strongly that by living peacefully and avoiding fear and pain, we could live fully. To Epicurus, living a virtuous life and a peaceful life were one in the same. (friends, calm, do what you want to do.)
The Frankfurt School
Critically engaged with the manufacture of culture and the commodification of pleasure, for example, sameness in production and consumption of cultural experience. Technology allowed the public to sit passively before cultural content rather than actively engage with one another for entertainment, as they had in the past. The scholars theorized that this experience made people intellectually inactive and politically passive, as they allowed mass-produced ideologies and values to wash over them and infiltrate their consciousness.
Philosophers say that we should be wary of popular culture and it can be dangerous.
Permissive culture in the 1960s
Post WWII (approx. 1950’s – 1960’s) saw the rise of the a permissive society, also referred to as permissive culture, is a society in which some social norms become increasingly liberal, especially with regard to sexual freedom. This usually accompanies a change in what is considered deviant.
Rise of teenager culture, Introduction of the pill and sex without baby’s. Same sex decrimalised. Sex drugs rock’n’roll viewed as the ultimate freedom.