livingstone and lunt Flashcards
(4 cards)
what is livingstone and lunts theory
- regulation’s struggle is balancing active consumers who need choice and passive consumers who need protecting
- what is harmful is subjective
- advances in technology make it easier for audiences and producers to bypass regulation
how do newspapers prove livingstone and lunt’s ‘ regulation struggle’
newspapers published pictures of Alan Kurdi (3)’s dead body after he drowned whilst migrating. regulators struggled because it was a distressing image but also very poignant and important for people to understand the tragedy of the migrant crisis in 2015
how did newspapers prove livingstone and lunt’s ‘what is harmful’
some newspapers used the picture of Alan Kurdi on the beach, and others used him being carried off the beach with his face hidden. some believed to show his face was harmful
how did newspapers prove livingstone and lunt’s ‘ technology makes it easier’
phone hacking scandal. exposed lots of information eg. watergate, but also disrupted investigations such as millie dowler. easier to bypass editors code of privacy, but hard to regulate if it exposes truths which the public need to know.
