Contemporary Media Regulation

April 2010: Israeli Government Tourist Office

Upheld

Clause 7.1: Truthfulness

Claimed disputed parts of the Jerusalem were in Israel.

"This came at a time when UK-Israel relations were strained due to the recent expulsion of a diplomat and acted to generate accusations of “anti-Zionism” towards the British Authorities (Jewish Chronicle 2010). For many, this highlighted the objective and non-ideological nature of the self regulatory body which did not take government reputation as a factor in its regulation. However, this praise was countered by the many Israelis who felt offended by this decision and in the ASA’s politically fuelled decision to ban the advertisement, causing widespread offence."

2004

Co-regulation of broadcast advertising

Described as such due to OFCOM and ASA, alongside clear performance indicators and OFCOM guidelines, allows one stop shop for advertising and consistency across media platforms.

the ASA which was set up around two decades previously as their merging of the legal system and the industry through the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) was seen to be a success and overcame the criticism of lenient sanctions.

Non broadcast political advertising not allowed to be regulated by the ASA due to 1998 Human Rights Act disallowing them from intruding on the democratic electoral process.

"There is a public interest in freedom of expression itself"

PCC editor's code of practice

1989:Set up in the place of press council to curb government intervention through imposing privacy laws to curb press intrusions into the private lives of individuals.

1993: Calcutt Report outlines harsher penalties and criticises the leniency of the public interest clause.

1998: Data protection Act limited storage of inappropriate information regarding individuals.

Filters of the news:

Ownership-- Conglomerates extend beyond traditional media field and therefore have wide ranging financial interests. News stories which may damage these are censored. Therefore, the most successful news sources must be fundamentally biased.

Funding--Newspapers receive profit and income from advertising. therefore, those stories presented must create the illusion of a world where the advertised products will be successful.

Anti-ideologies-- Exploit public fear and hatred of groups to silence voices critical of elite interests.

Self regulation is a system of regulation, allowing one to work on themselves through regulating mental and physical conduct.

Healthism

Responsibilisation

Normalisation

Self Esteem

Bentham's panopticon. Foucault creates a panopticon analogy in which the mass media creates a surveillance society. Self regulation becomes a subconscious process controlled by the elite.