SYLLABUS
EXAM QUESTIONS
'Changes in society have been reflected by changes in media regulation.' Discuss this view [15] For 2021
How far can media regulation be effective? [50] June 2017
To what extent do issues of media regulation reflect wider issues in society? [50] June 2017
Discuss the arguments for and against more media regulation. [50]
How far should contemporary media regulation differ from that of the past? [50]
Assess the arguments against the regulation of media. [50]
'As society changes, the need for media regulation changes.' Discuss. [50]
Discuss the arguments for and against more media regulation. [50]
How far should contemporary media regulation differ from that of the past? [50]
Assess the arguments against the regulation of media. [50]
'As society changes, the need for media regulation changes.' Discuss. [50]
Discuss which forms of media require the most regulation. [50]
Contemporary media regulation is put in place to protect people. Discuss. [50]
'Some areas of contemporary media require stricter regulation than others.' Discuss.[50]
How well does contemporary media regulation protect the public? [50]
'Some media regulatory practices are more effective than others.' Discuss.[50]
Explore the arguments against stricter media regulation. [50]
To what extent is it becoming more difficult to regulate media, and why? [50]
Changes in society have been reflected by changes in media regulation’. Discuss this view.
(Mark scheme for above question here)
TASK 1 LEVESON ENQUIRY: MEDIA REGULATION
1.
Read the article entitled Leveson Inquiry: in The Guardian about individual responses that emerged from
individuals during the Leveson Inquiry to the phone hacking scandal surrounding
The News Of The World
2.
This news article is hyperlinked to The Day in their sidebar on 27.11.12 https://theday.co.uk/stories/censorship-fears-as-press-report-due
3.
Save the article Leveson Inquiry: in quotes as a Word document in your
Media Regulation folder and highlight any 5 points that seem useful to you.
TASK 2 LEVESON 2: MEDIA REGULATION
1. Read the article in The Times 25 September 2019 Don't regulate the press to death pleads ex-BBC chief Mark Thompson
2. Summarize Mark Thompson's arguments in your own words.
FINAL EDITIONS: WHY NO LOCAL NEWS IS BAD NEWS
Tim Adams, The Guardian, 29 September 2019
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/sep/29/local-newspapers-closing-down-communities-withering
An estimated 58% of the country is now served by no regional
newspaper. Last week, Mark Thompson, former director general of the BBC
and current chief executive of the New York Times, suggested in
a keynote lecture that the closures would only increase without a
dramatic shift in policy and investment, and that “A society which fails
to provide its different communities and groups with the means to
listen and come to understand each other’s pasts and presents shouldn’t
be surprised if mutual incomprehension and division are the consequence.
If you doubt that any of this connects to real-world politics and
national wellbeing, you need to pay more attention.”
On a national level the relative decline in print journalism has been partly compensated by the shift online and a blizzard of information from other media; locally, that is not the case. Many of us are increasingly likely to hear more news of the Twitter-trending lives of Piers Morgan or Kim Kardashian than the people with whom we share our own town. The effect of that shift is arguably every bit as damaging to community as the decline in footfall on the high street. A local newspaper, at its best, reflects the place in which you live in all its minute complexity – its celebrations and its commiserations and its incarcerations; it not only holds powerful local figures to account, it shapes shared feelings of hope and of anger and helps to piece together the serial story of where you are.
A 2016 study by King’s College London, found UK towns whose local newspapers had suffered closure showed a “democracy deficit” that resulted in measurably reduced community engagement by local people and a heightened distrust of public institutions. “We can all have our own social media account, but when local papers are depleted or in some cases simply don’t exist, people lose a communal voice. They feel angry, not listened to and more likely to believe malicious rumour,” Dr Martin Moore, the author of the study, observed.
“Holding power to account and keeping on top of that for your readers is so important – and there’s an appetite to hear more than that now.”
On a national level the relative decline in print journalism has been partly compensated by the shift online and a blizzard of information from other media; locally, that is not the case. Many of us are increasingly likely to hear more news of the Twitter-trending lives of Piers Morgan or Kim Kardashian than the people with whom we share our own town. The effect of that shift is arguably every bit as damaging to community as the decline in footfall on the high street. A local newspaper, at its best, reflects the place in which you live in all its minute complexity – its celebrations and its commiserations and its incarcerations; it not only holds powerful local figures to account, it shapes shared feelings of hope and of anger and helps to piece together the serial story of where you are.
A 2016 study by King’s College London, found UK towns whose local newspapers had suffered closure showed a “democracy deficit” that resulted in measurably reduced community engagement by local people and a heightened distrust of public institutions. “We can all have our own social media account, but when local papers are depleted or in some cases simply don’t exist, people lose a communal voice. They feel angry, not listened to and more likely to believe malicious rumour,” Dr Martin Moore, the author of the study, observed.
“Holding power to account and keeping on top of that for your readers is so important – and there’s an appetite to hear more than that now.”
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