Ethical:
Code of Practice: A set of written rules which explains how people working in a particular profession should behave.
The BBC's code of practice;
'It is in the interest of the UK television audience that there is a competitive and thriving independent production supply market. The BBC has a role as the nation's principal public service broadcaster to help stimulate and support the development of the independent production sector.
Editors code of practice:
All members of a publication have to maintain the highest professional standards.
The Code sets the benchmark for those ethical standards, protecting both the rights of the
individual and the public's right to know.
Legal:
People working in the media industry have too be aware of the following laws;
Broadcasting Act 1990- The Aim was to reform television. It’s the law of the British Parliament. This act tells us what is legal and illegal. If a TV/radio channel or publication showed explicit information, pictures or videos the company would be sued.
Official Secrets Act 1989- These secret could affect the security of the country. There are six main categories that are used in this law.
Security and Intelligence
Information entrusted in confidence to other states or international organizations
Defence
International Relation
Information useful to criminals
Interception and phone
If a person was to reveal the secret information of a person that person would be prosecuted.
Obscene Publications Act 1959-This deals with people’s private information, if people release the information they would be prosecuted. Health, finance and online laws are a part of the privacy law. If you show something with graphic content to an unsuitable age group you would be breaking the Obscene Publications Act.
Films Act 1985- Defining finance for British films.
Video Recordings Act 1984- It states that commercial video recordings offered for sale or hire within the UK must carry classification that has been agreed upon by an authority designated by the home office. When a person owns a video store and this person sells or rents an illegal or un-released video, the person would be prosecuted. If Blockbuster was to sell or rent a DVD with no classification, this would be illegal.
Race Relations Act 1976- This act was created to prevent discrimination. This means that different races, colours and genders should receive a good lifestyle with good education and provision to public services. If a publication discusses or discriminates a certain type/race of person the publication or the person who wrote it would be prosecuted.
Human Rights Act 1998- This act means that everyone has the right to live as equals and should respect each other. If someone was to breach the humans it would mean your freedom would be taken away.
Licensing Act 2003- This act is found in England and Wales. To sell alcohol in a pub or in a shop you would need a licence. You would also need a licence to keep your pub open at certain times. If a pub was to sell something without a licence the pub owner be prosecuted. If a pub was to sell alcohol to underage people the pub owner would loose their licence. If a pub owner showed shows that were illegal the pub owner would loose their licence.
Privacy law-This deals with people’s private information, if people release the information they would be prosecuted. Health, finance and online laws are a part of the privacy law. If a newspaper was to release private information such as when the news of the world hacked the phones of victims.
Copyright and intellectual property law- An owner of a creation or product has the right to keep that idea for themselves and no one else can use it. The property cannot be used without the owner’s permission. If a person was to share their idea with the dragons on dragons den and then someone copied that idea, it would be an offence against the law.
Libel law-This law tells us that publications are not allowed to damage a person’s reputation.
Slander is where someone tells other people untruth bad things about another person. Slander is usually based on spoken words and hand gesture. If you were to be slanderous against a person on a publication against someone that isn't true, this would be an offence against Libel Law.
Examples of a high profile legal case
Super Injection
A super ingestion is where famous people try to protect their secret information from the public eye. They a pay a lot of money so that their information is cut off from the public. Sometimes the information is leaked. People who leak the information would be punished. For example if a footballer had an affair, this would be in the public interest but it could affect this person's reputation. In my opinion I think this should not be aloud because not everyone has the money to pay for an injection and as a famous person they should know not to do anything that could fracture their reputation. This breaches privacy laws and the human rights law.
BBFC
The British Board of Film Censors has been classifying films and video since 1912. It is not run by the government. They have complete control over film; they can change the category of a film and even ban films. They decide the classification of a film depending on the content.
Ofcom
Ofcom regulates what does and doesn't appear on British TV, radio and video games according to the Broadcasting Act. People who have problems with the different forms of media complain to Ofcom.
Representation
This is where different forms of media talk about a certain group of people in a stereotypical manor. Representation tells us what the public think of a group of people ( depending on race, culture, sexuality ect). Some representations offend some people but sometimes it makes the group sound good.
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