Individual Research Paper: Finding the Balance in Policing New Media Technologies: 'Statutory Control VS Self-Regulation'
Date Submitted: 05/09/2004 23:50:56
Category: / Social Sciences / Communication Studies
Length: 14 pages (3789 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Communication Studies
Length: 14 pages (3789 words)
Asking whether or not it's time for self-regulation to take a step back and statutory control to be implemented in the British press. To answer this question a study of the history of press regulation will be undertaken, followed by an examination of what self-regulated controls are in place today. Expert opinions supporting self-regulation will be introduced, along with the libertarian's theory of press regulation and freedom of speech. This will be followed by a …
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…Sparks, Colin. (1999) 'The Press', The Media in Britain: Current Debates and Developments. Stokes, Jane and Reading, Anna (eds) Basingstoke, Hampshire, Macmillan.
World Wide Web
Press Complaints Commission: Code of Practice.
http://www.pcc.org.uk/cop/cop.asp
National Union of Journalists: http://www.nuj.org.uk
Further Information
http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk
http://www.facsnet.org/ogi-bin/new/facs/18
http://www.pressgazzette.co.uk
http://www.media.guardian.co.uk/broadcast/story/0,7493,1009844,00.html
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