Regulation

Regulation

What are some concerns about television as a medium?

- Porn channels

- Tricky to regulate

- Gatekeeping done by parents

- Swearing after 9

Watershed

- The time in which swearing, violence and nudity are allowed on TV

- That time is 21:00

- But some satellite channels start swearing at 20:00

Ofcom

(https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/website/terms-of-use)

"Ofcom is required to assess the likelihood of material encouraging or inciting the commission of a crime or of leading to disorder,"

Screencaps of 'Humans' with elements that may potentially cause crime or disorder

- Difference between offence and harm = Offence is annoyance or resentment brought about by a perceived insult to or disregard for oneself whereas Harm is a moral and legal concept.

- The one where Mattie points a gun at Anitta, casual violence demonstrated by teenagers. Allegory of slavery

- Annitta being kidnapped.

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