Freedom, Regulation and Control in the British Press - Areas of study
An examination of the main agencies involved in the regulation and control of the British
press and associated debates of freedom and democracy. [Texts studied should include a variety of national newspapers]
Media Languages, Forms and Conventions: effect of regulation and legislation on content, form and style of publications.
Media Institutions: the function and effectiveness of regulatory bodies (such as the Press Complaints Commission, economics of media competition, ‘cheque-book’ journalism, gatekeeping, corporate agendas, the press and the state, notions of ‘free’ press.
Media Audiences: moral panics, media effects theories, freedom of information, privacy and
right to reply, readers and tabloids/broadsheets, audience and class/status, notions of news
as entertainment.
Media Representations: impartiality and bias; power elites/hegemony, representation of
gender and social groups, dominant ideologies, stereotypes, ideology, news values and the
representation of issues and citizens.
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