Wednesday, 25 November 2015

LO4 -Task 5 Ethical, legal and regulatory issues notes

Ethical - representations I.e. Gender, age, ethnicity

Legal - copyright, music/soundtrack
  +         - certification (age rating)
Regulation                 BBFC/ASA ( British board film classification)/(advertising standards authority)

Active audience - question what they see in the media (audience pleasure)

Passive audience - "copycats"


A) impact and effect
 Hypodermic syringe (Theodore adorno, 1930s) -  media has a negative impact. Mass audience believe everything they see/hear
issues about violence?
issues about sexual content?
issues about representation?

Positive impacts/role models?

we are able to filter and adapt to content in media (David gauntlet)



B) representation
    who is being represented?
    all representations are mediated(Stewart hall, 1980) on purpose

is there use of stereotypes (negative)/countertypes (challenged stereotypes) (Tessa Perkins, 1979). not all stereotypes are false
men: stronger (physically)
women: cant drive

Alvarado (1987) - ethnicity 'exotic(clothes, accent), dangerous(different to masses) humorous, pitied.


C) legal/ethical issues
copyright infringement - when you use content that you don't have the rights/permission to use.
prevent it by getting permission for the content
Consequences - sued by the owner, arrested, banned from distributing content you make

ethical
offensive material- racism, sexual content, strong language, violence, use of drugs - refers to a passive audience
inappropriate depending on the age certificate of the film
sensationalism- making something bad/dangerous is made to look good
censorship- removing/re editing the content that is not appropriate






D) relevant regulatory bodies

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