| Key Questions | Focus | Specifics |
| What gets regulated? | -Newspapers -Films -TV -Advertising -Magazines -Books -Internet -Radio -The News -Video Games -Music | |
| Why regulate? | -Truth -Child protection -Political bias -Privacy -Human morals -Ethics -Specific or particular political opinions -Defamation/ slander -Reputational damage -Ownership to avoid monopolies | -Rooney vs Vardy -Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard -Life of Bryan -Chinese firewall -Activision Blizzards court case for sexual harassment |
| Who regulates what? | -Individuals -The government -Specialist bodies e.g Ofcom -Internal company/ structural regulations -Key individuals e.g celebs -BBFC (cinema) -PEGI (games) -CMS (Medicare) -SEC (cryptocurrency) | |
| How will regulation be put in place? |
Libertarianism – seek to maximize autonomy and political freedom, and minimize the state’s violation of individual liberties; emphasizing free association, freedom of choice, individualism and voluntary association.
Authoritarianism – is a form of government characterized by the rejection of political plurality, the use of strong central power to preserve the political status quo, and reductions in the rule of law, separation of powers, and democratic voting.
Hedonism – comes from the ancient Greek for ‘pleasure’. Psychological or motivational hedonism claims that only pleasure or pain motivates us. Ethical or evaluative hedonism claims that only pleasure has worth or value and only pain or displeasure has disvalue or the opposite of worth.
Epicurus – He believed that there were 3 ingredients to happiness. Friends, Freedom, and an Analysed life. He also believed that we needed to be self sufficient in our lives to procure happiness
The Frankfurt School:
The Frankfurt School consisted mostly of neo-Marxists who hoped for a socialist revolution in Germany but instead got fascism in the form of the Nazi Party. Addled by their misreading of history and their failure to foresee Hitler’s rise, they developed a form of social critique known as critical theory. 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.
Theodor Adorno:
Adorno argued, along with other intellectuals of that period, that capitalist society was a mass, consumer society, within which individuals were categorized, subsumed, and governed by highly restrictive social, economic and, political structures that had little interest in specific individuals.
Rise of the teenagers 1950s and 60s:
Young people who participated in the counterculture of the 1960s rejected many of the social, economic, and political values of their parents’ generation, introduced greater informality into U.S. culture, and advocated changes in sexual norms.
The early sixties for a young teenager was very much about Marks and Spencer clothes, eating plenty of fresh meat and vegetables and unquestioned respect for parents, politicians, teachers, and the police.
My Political Compass:
