Ethical Issues
The Leveson Enquiry
What is this about? News of the world was hacking peoples calls and accessing information from people with power to use against them or for a story
What was the main issue? Breach of privacy and hacking calls
Was the law broken? Yes
Are these legal or ethical issues? Legal issue people were
.Ethical - Editor broke the law in the phone hacking conspiracy School girl went missing
How do you know the difference?
News of the world
Ethical Issue - A situation where something has taken place It may be legal but is it the right thing to do. Such as something considered to be morally such as The news of the world school girl situation.
Ethics in media is about doing the right thing/moral thing. Something may be legally correct, but is it the right thing to do
Considering the ethical impact of a media product is important to ensure the product does not cause offence or bother using / consuming it
Some of the areas that effect ethics in media are:
. Codes of Practice
. Privacy Rights
. Public Interests
. Levels of violence
. Representations of a group
1) Burger - Promoting unhealthy eating
2) Philadelphia - portraying men to not be able to look after children
3) Barclays - Serious offence to those who suffered anaphylactic shock
The ASA Bans them (Advertising standard authority)
Media Regulatory Bodies
ASA - All advertising
Ofcom - TV, Radio and telecommunications
Specifics:
BBFC - Film
VSC - Gaming
PRS - Music
IPSO - Newspaper and Magazines
W3C - Internet
Storyboards
. An essential planning device in the film and television sector of media.
. Mostly used by directors as it allows them to think in advance about how they want the narrative of their media product to develop.
. Also lets them think through technical and the audio codes might use to create the narrative.
. Making a storyboard helps media producers think through the moving image in their minds and then on paper with camera shots angles and transitions all included.
. If a storyboard is well-constructed and thought out, it saves a lot of time and money when filming a movie image text.
Storyboard Conventions
Storyboards
. An essential planning device in the film and television sector of media.
. Mostly used by directors as it allows them to think in advance about how they want the narrative of their media product to develop.
. Also lets them think through technical and the audio codes might use to create the narrative.
. Making a storyboard helps media producers think through the moving image in their minds and then on paper with camera shots angles and transitions all included.
. If a storyboard is well-constructed and thought out, it saves a lot of time and money when filming a movie image text.
Storyboard Conventions
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