| Key Question | Focus | Specifics |
| Why Regulate? | – protection for younger viewers -morals, ethics, relative / subjective ‘good’ behaviour -criminal activity -health and safety -good working practices (eg equal pay, job security etc) -Ownership (to avoid monopolies, increase choice, diversity, competition) -privacy -libel / slander / defamation of character/ reputational damage | -Rooney v Vardy -Depp v Heard (trial has ruined both reputations) – Elon Musk trying to buy twitter -Life of Brian was banned in Jersey -China banning social media outside the borders – activision court case |
| What gets regulated? | -Film -Advertising -Television -Music -Video Games -Internet -Books -Newspapers -Radio -The News -Magazines -Cartoons / animations | |
| Who regulates what? | -Government (overall ?) -BBFC (cinema) -Ofcom (broadcasting) -IPSO (newspapers) -MCPS (music) -PRS (music) -PEGI (games) -Individuals (?) -Groups (?) -Bodies (?) -Ofcom (radio) | |
| How will regulation be put in place? | -copyright -rating system |
Authoritarianism: the enforcement or advocacy of strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom
Libertarianism: Libertarians 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.
Hedonism: The word ‘hedonism’ comes from the ancient Greek for ‘pleasure’. Psychological or motivational hedonism claims that only pleasure or pain motivates us. Easier too have modest hedonistic opinions to make them more achievable.
Epicurus (Greek God) makes us question what pleasure and pain is. He did an experiment about what people need to make them happy. He talks about mindfulness and how we do not need money and luxury and materialistic things to be happy.
The Frankfurt School
They say that pleasure gets commodified into popular culture and is inauthentic and false. Rich people sell the idea to vulnerable people of needing certain things that will make them happy because they will be closer to being rich or under the illusion they will become famous and being closer to being happy but instead that’s what is used to manipulate them. Money can’t buy happiness. Popular culture makes people intellectually inactive and politically passive. Need to be weary of popular culture as it can be used to distract us from what we really need or what’s actually going on.
Permissive Society in 1960s: Revolution of social attitudes and behaviour making it a permissive society. Things like abortion and the pill were allowed. Music, drugs, sex, rock n ‘ roll by teenagers. Glamourizing lifestyles of hippies.