INDUSTRIES:

At a local level, BBC local websites have all too often piggybacked on the work of independent news providers without properly attributing their source.

The NMA believes that news media publishers should be allowed to compete in a fair marketplace which does not include taxpayer-funded state competitors.  The industry successfully campaigned for new rules preventing local authorities from publishing council newspapers more often than quarterly

REGULATION:

• Radio broadcasting is regulated by Ofcom

The availability of non-regulated broadcasts via the internet poses a challenge both for the regulator and the regulated radio broadcasters.

AUDIENCES:

• The techniques the broadcast uses to target a youth audience and create audience appeal, eg
o Presentation style:

“Presenters and reporters on Newsbeat have been told to steer clear of polysyllabic words and address listeners as if they were talking to a friend, the programme’s editor has revealed.” – catering towards a younger audience and talking to a friend suggests they can like create a sense of reliability.

“We are looking at ideas for the general election that involve telling some of the stories through a series of games, that kind of thing,”
o News values
o Content selection

bbc charter

11. To provide impartial news and information to help people understand and engage with the world around them

2To support learning for people of all ages

3To show the most creative, highest quality and distinctive output and services

4To reflect, represent and serve the diverse communities of all of the United Kingdom’s nations and regions and, in doing so, support the creative economy across the United Kingdom

5To reflect the United Kingdom, its culture and values to the world