Starter quiz
- Match the media to its type.
- Newspaper⇔Print media ✓
- Magazine⇔Print media ✓
- Radio⇔Broadcast media ✓
- Television⇔Broadcast media ✓
- Social media⇔New media ✓
- Podcast⇔New media ✓
- The media being able to print things without government interference is referred to as what?
- 'Free press' ✓
- Ofcom is the regulator for what?
- Parliament
- Government
- Communication services ✓
- Educational services
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- What is happening to the number of people accessing information via newspapers?
- 'Decreasing' ✓
- The media must make their terms and conditions clear, including who they are owned by and how they are run - this is known as what?
- eligibility
- accountability
- transparency ✓
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- If the media make a mistake, they must own up to this with the public, what is the word to describe this?
- accountability ✓
- probablity
- capability
- ambiguity
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Exit quiz
- Which of the following sets out the regulations to be followed by the BBC?
- NUJ Code of Conduct
- The Editors' Code of Practice
- The Royal Charter ✓
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- What scandal was the Leveson Inquiry set up to investigate?
- 'Phone hacking scandal' ✓
- Complete the sentence, 'Journalists agree to the NUJ Code of Conduct when they join the National ______ of Journalists'.
- 'Union' ✓
- What do the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) do?
- Investigate complaints against the Editors' Code of Practice ✓
- Support journalists with writing dificult articles
- Act as a trade union to protect journalists' rights
- Investigate which media outlets are most popular
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- Printing facts that the public need to know is referred to as what?
- In the public interest ✓
- In the public sphere
- In the public demand
- In the public's gossip
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- The National Executive Council (NEC) can make decisions about what?
- Whether a news story will be popular with readers
- Whether a NUJ member has broken the code of conduct ✓
- Whether an editor deserves promotion
- Whether a media corporation can buy another newspaper to own
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- That media has regulations that it must follow to ensure accuracy, fairness and accountability.
- Journalists agree to a code of conduct when they join the national journalist union, this includes moral values.
- The Editors' Code of Practice is enforced by IPSO, an external independent organisation.
- The Royal Charter sets the BBC's responsibilities which are based on being educational, informative and impartial.
Common misconception
The media can print or publish what they like due to free press.
They must still follow regulations so that the public can trust what is being published.
Keywords
Regulation - rules that control how things are done to keep them fair and safe
Union - a group of workers in the same trade or profession who have joined together to protect their rights
Conduct - the way a person or organisation behaves, especially following rules or standards
Scandal - a situation or event that is seen as shocking or disgraceful because of wrongdoing or improper behaviour
Impartial - not taking sides; being fair and balanced
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