1. Name: Reece
Unit 2 Task 1 Be able to extract information from written
sources
Unit 7 Task 3 Understanding the regulation of the media
sector

2.  Be able to extract information from written
sources
 Written sources: e.g. books, journals, websites,
magazines, newspapers, handouts
 Reading: with concentration; skim-reading: scanning;
using index; using word search; using phrase search
 Extract information: e.g. write notes, summarise,
highlight text, annotate document, underline passages,

3.  In order to protect children from unsuitable and even
harmful content in films and videos and to give
consumers information they might need about a
particular film or video before deciding whether or not
to view it, the BBFC examines and age rates films and
videos before they are released.
 http://
www.bbfc.co.uk/what-classification/how-does-classification
 BBFC laws
 Protecting children's act
 Broadcasting laws

4.  The British video association is the trade body that
represents the publishers interest and interests of the
rights owners of video entertainment.
 http://www.bva.org.uk/
 The BVA's members account for some 90% of this £2
billion+ industry and include film and television
companies and independent labels which produce,
license and distribute film, sport and fitness, music
video, TV, children's and special interest
programming.
 http://www.bva.org.uk/about-us/

5.  Film Distributors’ Associations (FIAD) gathers
national organisations of film distribution
companies.
 http://www.fiad.eu/
 Distribution and licensing agreements define
domestic rights as the United States (including its
territories, possessions and military bases) and
Canada.
 http://www.aivf.org/node/298

6.  It is a standards body for the video and video games
industries and has a Code of Practice designed to
ensure that both industries show a duty of care in their
dealings with customers and the public generally. It
provides its retailer members with a staff training
course dealing with age restricted videos, DVDs and
video games.
 http://www.videostandards.org.uk/VSC/
 Video Recordings Act 1984
 http://www.videostandards.org.uk/VSC/guidelines.html
 It’s the same laws that put films in the pictures

7.  Ofcom is the communications regulator. They
regulate the TV and radio sectors, fixed line
telecoms, mobiles, postal services.
 http://www.ofcom.org.uk/about/
 Data Protection Act 1998
 The Freedom of Information Act 2000
 http://www.ofcom.org.uk/about/policies-and-
guidelines/

8.  TSI is something that basically says weather you
can sell something or not.
 environmental health, health and safety, licensing
and so on.
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trading_Standards

9.  Is a place where people can complain about
something the press has written in British printed
newspapers and magazines.
 The PCC is no longer here as it was closed down
because people thought it weren't doing its job
when the phone hacking scandal came out.

10.  The Advertising Standards Authority is the UK’s
independent regulator of advertising across all
media. They apply the Advertising Codes, which
are written by the Committees of Advertising
Practice. There work includes acting on
complaints and proactively checking the media to
take action against misleading, harmful or
offensive advertisements.
 http://www.asa.org.uk/About-ASA.aspx