1. Case StudyTitle
and Year
Pro-active orreactive
Mediasector ComplaintUpheld?
Regulator
responsible
Statutoryor non (self)
Numberof
complaints
Regulatorpowers
KeyPointstowrite aboutfrom thisCase Study
1. Find3 Social/political factorseffectingthe Case Study
2. Legitimisingfactorsordebatesaroundthe decision - publicinterest,mediasensationalism?
3. Media effectsarguments/debatesthatcanapplyto thisCase Study
a) Desensitization
2. b) Copycat
c) Negotiated,oppositional orpreferredreadings
d) Moral Panic
4. Effectivenessof OFCOMinprotectingchildrenandvulnerable - orprotectingsociety'smoral
standards - Accessto media/technology?
Discuss Conclusions& Write a 500 word Summary:
What challengesdoesthe regulatorface fromonline mediatechnologyinbeingeffective in
protectingthe vulnerable orenforcingtheirpractices?
Was thisin the publicinterestandwasthatsolelythe mainreasonfor itsbroadcastbefore the
watershed?
Is thisregulatorstricter,more liberal orconsistentincomparisonwithotherregulators/casestudies?
What logicallydoesthistellusabouta hierarchyof mediaeffects - TV more influential thanfilmor
games?Explainreasonswhyyouthinkthatitis regulateddifferently?
3. Is thisa typical challenge forOFCOMtoconsider - compare the MediaEffect& IdeologyMessage
debatesthisraisestootherCase Studies:CBBHomophobiaandClassdiscriminationinBenefit
Street.
Do youagree withOFCOMs decision?Shouldthe Terroristhave beenallowedtomake the speech
withbloodiedhandsandknife with the deadbodyinshot,pre-watershed?
How didthe debate overthe complaintsovershadow the actual story?Whatdoesthisreveal toyou
aboutattitudestofreedom,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 - wouldasingle regulatorforALLmediabe more effectiveinprotectingthe
vulnerable?Whatwouldbe the negative pointsof doingthis?
Positive Negative
