Ethical Issues and Regulatory Bodies

Tuesday 8th November

Leveson inquiry

-2006 raided office's

-Phone hackingscandal by journalist

-News paper of the world

-Illegal journalism

Defining Ethical Issues In Media 

-Ethics in media is about doing the right/moral thing. Sometimes may be illegally correct, but is it the right thing to do?

Consider the ethical impact of a media product is important to ensure the product does not cause offence or bother those using/consumimg it.

Some of the areas that effect ethics in media adds are:

• Codes of practise
• privacy rights 
• Public interest
• levels of violence
• Representation of groups

Media regulatory Bodies:

• BBFC (The British Board Of Film Classification)
• IPSO (The Independent Press Standards Organisations)
• ASA (The Advertising Standards Agency)
• OFCOM (The Office OF Comunications)
• PEG (The Pan European Game Information)

Media sectors: 

ASA- All advertising

Ofcom - TV,Radio and telecommunications

Specific:

BBFC- Film 

VSC- Gaming

PRS- Music

IPSO- Newspapers and magazines

Legal Issues:

Legislation- During the planning phase of the production, legal impact must be considered and acted upon.

Legal impact on media:

-Data protection act

-Intellectual property act

-Defamation law (Slander and Libel)

-Copyright,designs and patents act 1988

-Freedom of information act

-Human rights act

Data Protection Act

• Requires the person's consent
• Should be kept for the reason it was collected
• Should be processed securely
• Should be processed within the UK
• Should be kept up to date 
• Should only be kept up to date 

Human rights 

-Keeps society fair just and equal

-European conventions of human rights

-The human rights act was passed on 1998

Interlectual property Law (Trade Marks)

-Name logo or both 

-Has to be renewed every 10 years

-Applies to brands

Copyrights

-Automatically applied to all things like documents plans photos and websites.

-it's free

-it last for 70 years after that 

-if you pay someone to make it for you then they own it unless they transfer it to you in writing.

Patents

-Can last up to 20 years 

-this is for any ideas that you create

-it's compliance expensive

Design rights

- Applied to furniture jewellery and clothing

-It's atomatic and free when working with a company

Defamation (Slander and Label)

Slander: When a false spoke statement is made and it is damaging to a persons reputation.

Libel: A published false statement that is damaging to a persons reputation (A written deformation).