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Understand the ethical and legal constraints with in the media sector
1.
In order to get the job you are required to understand the following within the media sector your have
chosen. During the interview you will be asked to hand over a written document containing information on
the following aspects of your area.
Importance of ethical
issues
Use of language
Most television viewers are slowly becoming less offended to commercials and programs
being broadcasted on the TV as they have become so used to it they are gradually raising
the levels of what is offended the example the ethical issues in the TV industry are the
following
These laws are kept in place by the codes of practice, if these rules are not followed then it
will not look good for the company broadcasting the content, and disciplinary will be in
place for the organisation. http://www.esfmedia.com/page/Legal,+Ethical+
%26+Regulatory+Constraints+in+TV+Production
Equal opportunities
In the television industry there needs to be equal opportunities for all types of people. Many
people do say that there is not enough disabled actors in the television industry however
equal opportunities are not always available in the television industry. There is a lot more
freedom in the television industry than in the film industry, and this is because television is
a lot more cheaper than the film industry and some minorities that may not have enough
money. And this has been notted and taken into consideration therefor the BBC and BFL
have now decided to host fundraising for small companies for film and television. And this
helps to create more opportunities for smaller companies. This link gives a bit more info on
equal opportunities
https://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/bfinfo/equal-opportunity-and-workplace-diversity%E2%80%94-what-does-it-mean
Encouraging diversity
Encouraging diversity in the television industry has been favoured for many years, back in
the day when films were racist a lot of films refused to hire any people from an ethnic
background and black people were always discriminated. However nowadays people of all
backgrounds are now accepted all other the world no matter what skin colour, race or sex
you are it is more accepted. For instance the television 'The fresh prince of bell air'' was one
of the most watched TV series at the time and it was centred from all African American
family. And now it is more likely to see multiple races in any film or television series.
Representation of
gender
Representation of
religious beliefs
Men and Women should be represented equally in the media in my opinion, women are
usally misrepresented on the media and are portrayed as either helpless or vulnerable, and
men are always portrayed as the hero or the successful one in media, but in our modern
day this has been reduced a lot and isnt much of an issue which is very good, this was an
issue as stereotypical content was very bad as children are especially vulnerable to the
media because they dont yet have the understanding or knowledge and wont be able to
distinguish between fantasy and reality
In the television sector there is a lot differentially as theyre can be representation of people
in a fair way but also in an unfair way an example of this is channel 4s Big Fat Gypsy
Weddings as it has been accused of causing racism and a lot of discreminations they
forshow Gypsies as crazy and uncontrollable people that dont live by the rules they
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jul/02/broadcasters-minorities-tv-ofcom
2.
Explain what the following bodies do and why they are important (choose the ones
related to your media sector only)
Do not just cut and paste their about us page please read it and put it into your own words.
Add links to their pages
Distinction grade learners will find cases
3.
Then discuss the issues that these regulatory bodies may face with regard to
Consumer choice
Freedom of information
Censorship