Regulations


  • Choose two contrasting media products and outline the regulatory body
The regulatory body for newspapers is IPSO which stands for independent press standards organisation. They state that they hold newspapers and magazines to account for their actions, protect individual rights, uphold high standards of journalism and help to maintain freedom of expression for the press. The editors code of practice is a set of rules that newspapers and magazines regulated by IPSO have agreed to follow. There are 16 rules which cover:

  1. Accuracy 
  2. Privacy 
  3. Harassment 
  4. Intrusion into grief or shock 
  5. Reporting suicide 
  6. Children 
  7. Children in sex cases 
  8. Hospitals 
  9. Reporting of crime 
  10. Clandestine devices and subterfuge 
  11. Victims of sexual assault 
  12. Discrimination 
  13. Financial journalism 
  14. Confidential sources 
  15. Witness payments in criminal trials 
  16. Payment to criminals  
An example of a complaint made to IPSO is a complaint made by Gillian Chapman who is a former mayor who said that the Daily Mirror breached rule, accuracy in an article headlined "Suicide over menopause" published on the 30th June 2018. The newspaper claimed that a former mayor, Gillian Chapman had killed herself and included a picture of Gillian Chapman. However the former mayor was not dead and the article was related to another woman with the same name Gillian Chapman. IPSO apologised to the former mayor for the error and any distress caused. The newspaper also apologised and offered to correct the newspaper within 2 days. The corrected newspaper made clear that the woman referenced in the article was not the former mayor.

The regulatory body for film is the BBFC which stands for British Board of Film Classification. It has classified cinema films since it was set up in 1912 and videos/DVDs since the video recordings act was passed in 1984. They claim their mission is to:

  • Protect the public, and especially children, from content which might raise harm risks
  • Empower the public, especially parents, to make informed viewing choices 
  • Recognise and respect adult freedom of choice within the law 
  • Respond to and reflect changing social attitudes towards media content through proactive public consultation and research 
  • Provide a cost-effective, efficient classification service within our statutory remit 
  • Work in partnership with the industry to develop innovative service models to provide content advice which support emerging media delivery systems 
  • Provide an effective service to enforcement agencies 

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