DanWhite Media: March 2015

Thursday 26 March 2015

Regulatory bodies

Regulatory bodies
Regulatory bodies are various organisations that are set up by the government. The role of regulatory bodies are to monitor, guide, and control various industry sectors for protecting customers.

BBFC
British Board of Film Classification
The BBFC is a film classification that was formed in 1912 but was not called this at the time. At the time it was founded it was called British Board of Film Censors. This non-governmental organisation is responsible for the classification and censorship of film inside of the UK.
Censorship is a type of mute filter within TV shows and movies. that mutes swearing, for example in a movie some people swear with words such as "shit" and "fuck" but with this filter over the swear is just a bleep, so people know the person is swearing but it makes it more friendly and less offensive.
The classification is also known as an age certificate. An age certificate is something that certifies which age this is suitable for and intended for.

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The BBFC brings a huge impact to the media industry, giving censorship and classification which gives a variety of audience ranges.

OFCOM
Office of Communications
Ofcom is the "government-approved" authority of broadcasting. This means that they control what is and isn't published in the media industry, radio, shows etc. Ofcom have quite the big role in the media industry because they have to be really careful at what does and doesn't get. The reason for Ofcom being in such a role is because it has to represent the citizens and their views on the industry, it protects them from content that may offend or harm the audience.

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PCC
The press complaints commission
The PCC is actually a voluntary regulatory body for newspapers, however this regulatory body was closed due to the criticism for its lack of action in the News of the World phone hacking affair. I can not say much about this regulatory body as it is closed and has been replaced by the IPSO.

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ASA
Advertising standards authority
The ASA are an organisation that regulates the advertising part of the media industry. They investigate and take action from complaints made about the adverts. The ASA have a specific code that makes publishing of an advert not contain bad content or false advertising, this code is what makes adverts available and suitable to the media industry.

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IPSO
Independent Press Standards Organisation
The IPSO has the same role as the PCC and that is to handle complaints that are given about shows, radio etc. and then take action. The IPSO basically handles all the complaints that are given and then take actions. They regulate newspapers, radio broadcasts, tv shows, and many more publications. They are the main reason nothing rude has been published in newspapers and magazines, they make sure that the public and community stays sane and not have rude things like sex and other inappropriate things.

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Wednesday 25 March 2015

Research

Research report

In this report I will be researching about my documentary. My documentary is about violence in video games and if it affects society or not. I will be looking into games such as grand theft auto and call of duty.

Primary research
For my primary research I went out and gathered information from sources that were interactive, meaning sources I can go out and go to. For this research I went to different sources such as the shop grainger games and game. They were quite a valuable source to go to, gave good information about statistics on different games according to violence.

This however was not enough so I went to places such as the college library where I attempted to collect information from, of course, books. Once again was not enough as it did not have any information on games and violence, I began asking people on the street, asking for their opinions. Because this subject is a very opinion based subject.

Secondary research
The secondary research for this was much simpler. I researched online, on the internet for various sources that gave a variety of evidence, some however might of been wrong as the internet is sometimes unreliable due to there being so many sources.
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/nov/10/video-games-violent-study-finds
The link above is one of the places I used to get my information.

I decided due to reliability of internet sources I went to many different sites and found out that they are mostly the same answers. They are the cause of violence and they are not.

Overall the research was better off in the secondary end because its more quantitive whereas primary is more qualititive.