Wanting a free world – no rules
Favouring being in a world where there are rules and regulations as you believe that they are necessary- wanting to be told what to do.
Hedonism is the idea that humans actively seek to gain pleasure while avoiding pain. Epicurus theorises about how people are often unhappy because they have the ‘wrong’ idea of what makes us happy. After conducting research he proposed that we need only 3 major things- friends , alone time and finding piece in yourself.
The Frankfurt School
Teaches that industry’s such as media feed us information about what we should want so that they can sell it to us. Sometimes this is done by basically telling us what we should want.
1960’s Permissive society
A time where ‘things’ were changing- young people becoming more rebellious and more liberal
| Focus | Specifics | |
| Why Regulate? | Truth, Appropriate Messaging, Knowledge and Information, Morals / Decency, Privacy, Protection of Venerable People, Health and Safety, Diversity, Un-bias, Ownership/ Control, Legal Ownership | Depp vs Heard, Elon Musk purchasing twitter, Rooney vs Vardy, Activision’s $18m sexual harassment lawsuit, Russia vs Ukraine |
| What gets regulated? | Newspapers, Websites, Movies, Music, Adverts, Books, Video Games, Music, Television, Social Media | |
| Who Regulates What? | Government, Ministers, Company’s, Police/Law, Independent Bodies or Organisations, Individuals and Groups, ASA, PEGI (Pan European Game Information), IPSO (the Independent Press Standards Organisation), Ofcom ( Office of Communications), | |
| How is Regulation Enforced? | age rating, copyright |