Media regulations

Media regulationsGeorgina Louise Hayes

Reconstructions

Producers must undertake extensive research to make sure the reconstruction is accurate

All reconstructions must be fair and accurate. If there is a risk that viewers might be misled,

reconstructions should be labelled as such to avoid confusion.

When there is risks of making distress by reconstructing actual events,

In supersize me there are no actual reconstructions

Secret Filming

Individuals must not really be filmed or videoed secretly for inclusion in a programme unless been accepted by the broadcaster in advance.

Programme-makers have to be set in writing their

justification for covert filming/recording.

Before any secret videoing/filming is undertaken, there are detailed guidelines you must

They film with out any other people knowing there doing so,

In supersize me there are no secret filming

impartiality

Producers must be impartial, no matter what they believe

News, in any form, HAS to be reported with due rightness and presented with due impartiality

The term “due” is significant what it means is that impartiality must be adequate and appropriate in all the circumstances of the particular story.

Broadcasters do not have to give equal time to each and every view or argument

Any proposal to involve politicians in news programmes, other than as interviewees, must first be referred to the commissioning editor for approval who, in turn, should seek advice from the programme lawyer.

Truth & Accuracy

Programmes HAVE to be..

HONEST- must tell the truth no matter what FAIR- should be fair to the audience ACCURACY – must be accurate

In supersize me it was honest about the facts, and was fair for them to tell the audience that it was wrong as it was helping people who needed it, the accuracy of supersize me was very accurate

Payments

Producers must not pay subjects

You must not make any payment or promise .

Where criminal proceedings are VERY LIKELY and foreseeable, again you can not pay or promise to pay a potential witnesses with no first consulting with your commissioning editor and stealing advice from the programme lawyer.

in supersize me the main man who was eating MacDonald's was paid to do what he did, as he chose to do it

Fairness& Privacy

producers must hide from the very unfair treatment of individuals or organisations in programmes.

Any significant infringement of privacy of an individual or organisation, in the making or broadcast of a programme, has to be warranted by the public interest.

Fairness and privacy in supersize me the documents by telling the audience fair facts,And not giving unfair facts that are not honest so instead of not being honest they give to sides of the story

People Under 18

Producers must take due care with under age children

Due care must be taken with regard to the physical and emotional welfare and the dignity of people under 18 years who are involved in programmes. Further, unnecessary distress or anxiety must not be caused.

Parents should be required for individuals under 18 appearing in programmes, unless their contribution is little and uncontroversial, or it is warranted to proceed without such consent.

Under 18s seem to think that they are untouchable. That they can get away with anything. Is it now not time for people under 18 to face harsher punishments?

In supersize we they made the documentary suitable for under 18`s as they didn’t use rude language,

Dealing with Contributors

Contributors to programmes have a right to know:

what a programme is about. if they are taking part in a debate or

discussion, the range of views to be represented .

and who the other participants will be whether their contribution will be live or recorded, and whether it will be edited.

Potentially Offensive Material

The commissioning editor, on the advice of the programme lawyer, will ensure that an on-air warning is given to viewers, where appropriate

Material with the potential to cause offence e.g. strong language, violence, sexual violence, explicit sexual portrayal etc. must always be justifiable by the context. Advice should be sought from

the legal & compliance department at an early stage. In supersize there was no offensive behaviour no rude

language but what could of offended people is when they were having interviews they would relate stuff on fat people and that could offend some audience

Criminality

● Programmes involving criminals or about criminality require special care and are likely to be legally contentious.

Producers face problems with issues surrounding criminality

This wouldn’t apply in supersize me as there was no criminality

Commercial References

Product placement is not allowed

Sponsoring and sponsored programmes must defiantly not be able to contain promol references to the sponsor it is activities or products or services

My documentary

Who's really behind the screen?

Reconstruction: we are going to try and make it as accurate as possible, and not to misled , we will reconstruct a person to someone who she thinks it’s a good looking guy when actually its not, we will be filming the girl meeting the stranger

Truth and accuracy: me must not lie or misled any one in our documentary we must be fully truthful we must show evidence

Protecting under 18 year olds: we must not use any harmful or offensive violets towards others.

Secret filming: we will need the persons permission we may also set up up a reconstruction which hopefully will look like secret filming

Fairness and privacy: me must make sure our documentary is fair to others and is good for peoples privacy, and make sure we do not do stuff without permission,