Media Standards Trust

Based on three, one-day participative forums, this ITC report examines the importance of regulation in a multimedia world; setting a framework for content restriction; editorial integrity, fairness, i...

Source: ITC, Andrea Millwood Hargrave (ed.)

Nov-03

Keywords: regulation, standards, broadcasting, integrity, impartiality, fairness, accuracy, public view

Summaries of research into what viewers understand by public service broadcasting, and what they want and expect from PSB channels in the future.

Source: ITC, ITC

Jan-01

Keywords: PSB, television, public view

Stefaan Verhulst's study examines the remit of the Broadcasting Standards Commission and the state of audience attitudes towards the regulation of broadcasting (particularly sex & violence, offensive ...

Source: ITC, ITC

Apr-01

Keywords: regulation, values, public awareness, public view, community

30th annual survey asking viewers their opinions about television. Includes chapters on programme standards (59% thought they had not changed), sources of news (TV the primary source for 84%), and imp...

Source: ITC, ITC

2000

Keywords: television, public view, technology, viewing habits, programme standards, offence, sources, impartiality, regulation

32nd annual survey of public attitudes to television. Includes findings that 74% of people think the purpose of broadcasting regulation is to protect children and young people; 47% said programmes had...

Source: ITC, ITC

2002

Keywords: television, public view, technology, viewing habits, programme standards, offence, sources, impartiality, regulation

David Morrison and Michael Svennevig's 126 page report includes interviews, focus groups and an NOP survey. Its aims are to find out what the media and the public understand by 'public interest' and '...

Source: ITC, ITC

Mar-02

Keywords: PSB, privacy, taste & decency, public view, the public good, news values

Executive summary of the PEJ's influential State of the News Media annual report. 2006 findings include: seismic transformation in what and how people learn about the world around them, power moving a...

Source: Project for Excellence in Journalism, Project for Excellence in Journalism

Jun-05

Keywords: Press, Internet, blogs, network TV, public views, radio, ethnic minorities, news investment,