1. Case StudyTitle
and Year
Pro-active orreactive
Mediasector ComplaintUpheld?
Regulator
responsible
Statutoryor non (self)
Numberof
complaints
Regulatorpowers
KeyPointstowrite aboutfrom thisCase Study
1. Find5 Social/political factorseffectingthe Case Study
2. 3 Factors or debates surroundingthe decision - publicinterest,mediasensationalism,
discrimination,politicalpropaganda,demonisingthe vulnerable?
2. 3. Media effects arguments/debatesthatcanapplyto thisCase Study
a) Hegemony
b) Scapegoating
c) Negotiated,oppositional orpreferredreadings
d) Moral Panic/MediaSensationalism
4. Effectivenessof OFCOMinprotectingchildrenandvulnerable - orprotectingsociety'smoral
standards
Discuss Conclusions& Write a 500 word Summary:
What isyour opiniononthisCase Study?What ISthe message/yourreadingof the programme
Why isit a regulatoryissue –what guideline orrule orlaw? Do youagree withOFCOMs decision?
Why didso manypeople complain –whatwasoffensiveandhow doesthisreflectsocial changes?
Who isat fault- Channel 4 as the broadcaster,the Producersof the show or OFCOM – whatare their
responsibilities?
3. Is thisregulatorstricter,more liberal orconsistentincomparisonwithothercase studies? What
conclusionscanyoudraw fromwhat we are tryingto protectsocietyfrom?
What political purposesmightthe programme have soughttojustify?
Is thisa typical challenge forOFCOMtoconsider - compare the MediaEffectsdebatesthisraisesto
otherCase Studies:CBBHomophobiaand WoolwichTerrorAttack
How didthe debate overthe complaints sensationalise the programme?Whatdoesthisreveal to
youabout attitudestofreedom,moralityandregulationof the media?
Summarise 3 thingswhatwe have learnedfromthisCase Study - whywouldyouuse it,what
argumentsor pointsaboutcontemporaryregulationdoesitshow?
Points/debates Why use thisCase Studyin
essay
What doesitreveal about
contemporaryregulation
Recommendation - would anINDEPENDENTregulatorforALL mediabe more effective inprotecting
the vulnerable?Whatwouldbe the negative pointsof doingthis?
Positive Negative
