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

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

Mediawise's short history of the Press Complaints Commission (PCC), Mediawise's part in this history, and its recommendations for reform of the PCC. Recommendations include: appointment of a public ch...

Source: MediaWise, Media Wise

Oct-99

Keywords: Regulation, PCC,complaints

Source: MediaWise, Media Wise

Jun-04

Keywords: Regulation, PCC, complaints

Recommendations from MediaWise to DCMS committee regarding press intrusions to privacy. Include: establish human rights commission, consult journalists and public on code of practice, media ombudsman,...

Source: MediaWise, Media Wise

Feb-03

Keywords: privacy, complaints, corrections, accuracy, compensation, ombudsman, regulation, human rights

OFCOM (in association with the Dream Mill) research to ask young people their view on the Broadcasting Code (since much of the code is aimed at protecting young people). Finds that young people unders...

Source: OFCOM, The Dream Mill

Sep-05

Keywords: Young people, regulation, broadcasting, choice

This research explores attitudes to pre-watershed viewing in the context of other types of potential media influences on children and young people. Main findings - respondents were more worried about ...

Source: OFCOM, Ofcom

Sep-05

Keywords: Children, protection, regulation, parental control

Survey of internet usage and impact based on 2185 face-to-face interviews. Copious statistics about number of people using the net, what they are using it for, and what impact they think it is having ...

Source: Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford Internet Institute

Jun-05

Keywords: Internet, media consumption, media ownership, e-government, self-regulation, technology, choice

Review by 11 MPs, chaired by Mr John Whittingdale, of the state of self-regulation of the press - triggered by imprisonment of Clive Goodman (News of the World) for phone-tapping, the evidence provide...

Source: Culture, Media & Sport Committee, Culture, Media & Sport Committee

July 2007

Keywords: self-regulation, PCC, press, privacy