Media Theory - Regulation By Sonia Livingstone And Peter Lunt Flashcards
What does Regulation by Sonia Livingstone and Peter Lunt state?
Regulation is the idea that there is an underlying struggle in recent UK regulation policy between the need to further the interests of citizens (by offering protection from harmful or offensive material) and the need to further the interests of consumers (by ensuring choice, value for money, and market competition).
They also suggested that the increasing power of global media corporations, together with the rise of convergent media technologies and transformations in the production, distribution and marketing of digital media, have placed traditional approaches to media regulation at risk
Why are newspapers becoming harder to regulate?
The Times Newspaper Group and News Corp are facing increasing pressure alongside the rest of the UK press industry to adhere to strict rules and guidelines on industry practice set by the IPSO
This has arisen after the phone hacking scandal, which involved one of their own newspapers (News of the World). There is an underlying issue of protecting citizens from harmful material while ensuring choice and press freedom
The increasing power of companies like News Corp and their expansion into digital media has also placed traditional approaches to media at risk
