The aim of this session was to encourage students to understand the issues and debates that link to press freedom. The main task was for students to create FIVE rules that should be created by the LEVESON INSPIRED NEW INDEPENDENT REGULATORY BODY that might replace the current PCC. The task underlined how difficult it is to construct a workable regulatory framework. Students seemed most keen to dilute the level of institutional political bias offered by a newspaper and urge institutional respect for individual privacy. Some of the group work was superb. Well done.
In this lesson I made reference to WATERGATE. Students should be aware of this famous example of investigative journalism. Click on link below for wisdom:
http://watergate.info/
What do we learn about journalism and politics through this scandal?
I mentioned the horrific treatment of the McCann family in this session. The Daily Express were particularly cruel. Link to some resources relating to Gerry and Kate McCann:
http://fishymediaresources.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/gerry-and-kate-mccann-on-andrew-marr.html
Leveson...the aftermath:
http://fishymediaresources.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/levesonthe-aftermath.html
Link to HACKED OFF website:
http://hackinginquiry.org/
Next week we will continue to discuss Press Freedom and Regulation so students need to indulge in some research for homework. See the resources below.
Homework: Read the resources I gave you today and digest the links below. Remember..if you do not digest information you will not be able to construct a detailed evaluative argument. You have to inhale information to exhale information.
Leveson and the internet. This resource refers to Leveson's seeming failure to refer to the global nature of digital platforms when discussing the regulation of newspapers:
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20553416
More Press Regulation resources:
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20559833
Recent Royal Charter reference explored by Channel Four News:
http://www.channel4.com/news/press-regulation-leveson-royal-charter-agreement-politics
The Guardian and the David Miranda moment:
http://fishymediaresources.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/david-miranda-and-guardiana-digital.html
Jill Abramson interviewed by Paxman on BBC Newsnight. Her comments at two minutes are particularly interesting:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24546598
Jack Straw criticises The Guardian:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24490942
Here is a link to a debate on FOX NEWS in America about press freedom. A FOX.COM journalist faces prison after reporting on the Aurora cinema gun massacre. This is an interesting debate:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCA8S8v3aOQ
OFCOM removes Press TV from the SKY platform...another interesting regulation debate. Is this anti-Ofcom broadcast just propaganda or does PressTV have a decent argument? Is OFCOM really the 'media arm of the British Royal Family'??! You decide :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2whMnUYKQOE
NEXT WEEK WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THREE KEY QUESTIONS:
- WHAT ARE THE ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST THE GUARDIAN'S PUBLICATION OF ED SNOWDEN'S DOCUMENTS?
- IS REGULATION OF NATIONAL MEDIA POSSIBLE IN A GLOBAL DIGITAL WORLD?
- CAN THE MEDIA INFLUENCE AND DICTATE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR? This question will expect students to illustrate their understanding of media theory.
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