Tuesday, 8 March 2011

  • Rupert Murdoc pressing ideas into international news
  • PCC polocies and procedures www.pcc.org.uk

Tuesday, 19 October 2010

The BBFC

What does the BBFC stand for?
British Board Of Film Classification

When was it first established?
1912 was for cinemas and 1985 comenced the classification for videos.

What does it do?
The BBFC classifies all films and video games with age classifications such as U, PG,12A,12,15,18. This classifies that film into certain groups suitable to for all ages.

What issues are the BBFC concerned with ?
Relevant Legislation within the concerned issues with the BBFC are:
  • Violence
  • Weapons
  • Imitable Techniques
  • Sex
  • Sexual Violence
  • Sexual Language
  • Drugs
  • Horror
  • Criminal Activity
  • Language
  • Theme
  • Tone
  • Discrimination

What other classifications categories have been used by the BBFC apart from the U,PG,12,15 and 18 that we are familiar with today?

Friday, 15 October 2010

Headline Research

WERDER BREMEN VS TOTTENHAM
This specific headline mainly aims at the sports interested fans. The fact that it is a ssports headline, shows that it will usually on the back pages of many newspapers.- Elite Persons- Competition

PLANE CRASH IN VENEZULEA KILSS 15

This headline is to be in different places in a paper. For some it could make front page others more middle of the paper.- Unexpectedness- Meaningfulness

CHEATING WAYNE ROONEY BEDS HOOKER

Front page material based around an Elite persons. Many readers will find this intreging and read about it usually on pages 4 and 5 of the sun n many other papers.- Elite Persons- Predictability- Unexpectedness

Introduction to the PCC

What does the PCC stand for?

Press Complaints Commission


Briefly explain what the PCC is.

The PCC deals with complaints from members of the public about the editorial content of newspapers and magazines.




What are the ‘codes of practice’?

The code of practice is a list of all the things that the editors must include the public’s interest expectations. This sets the benchmark for protecting both the rights of the individual and also the public’s right to know.

Accuracy
Opportunity to reply
Privacy
Harassment
Intrusion into grief or shock
Children
Children or sex cases
Hospitals
Reporting of Crime
Clandestine devices and subterfuge
Victims of sexual assault
Discrimination
Financial Journalism
Confidential sources
Witness payments in criminal trial
Payment to criminals

When does it act?

The PCC’s code of practice comes into act with any article written by editors. Main articles in newspapers for example are always tested against the codes of practice to ensure that the rights of an individual are protected and that the public’s right to know is in check.