HMV

HMV sadly remains as the last major music retailer, but for how long... its demise seems inevitable - this is unless a buyer steps in as it stands HMV are in adminstration. The idea of shopping in stores for your music seems to be outdated as other methods of purchasing are in for exmaple amazon or play.com provide a cheaper and easier way to get music. The only reason people seem to want to buy music in stores is for the nostagic feeling.
Chirs Anderson's Long Tail Theory can be applied to this as suggests that HMV not being a major online presence, not selling those niche products that other music retailers do sell. As I know that HMV only really sell the major hits such as your Justin Bieber's etc.

Advertising Standards Authority

What is the stated purpose of the ASA?

The ASA regulate the UK advertising across all media there work includes acting on complaints and proactively checking the media to take action against misleading, harmful or offensive advertisements.

When did the ASA take on resposibility for regulating advertisements on TV and Radio?

The ASA did not always have the responsibility of regulating the TV and Radio advertisments, but in November of 2004 the ASA was handed the control regulations responsibilities for TV and Radio advertisments from the state bodies who were the former regulatory body for advertisments.

What had it previously regulated?

Before ASA where able to cover broadcasted media i.e. Tv and Radio adverts they previously existed to cover printed media.

Now spend some time looking at some of the adjusications made by the ASA and by the PCC.

Press Complaints Commision

In 2012 what proportion of complaints made to the PCC where about accuracy in reporting?

 

In 2012 the proportion of complaints made to the PCC about the accuracy in reports was 61%.

 

What proportion of compalints where related to intrusion into privacy?

 

In 2012 the proportion of complaints made to the PCC about the intrusion of privacy was 15%.

 

Who was the code drawn up by?

 

The code was drawn up by the editors themselves and also covers the way in which the news is gathered by the journalists and editors and also how this news is reported.

 

How do the PCC justify their self regulation of their industry?

 

 

 

How is the PCC funded?

 

The PCC is funded via newspaper and magazines. A levy is also raised by the Press Standard Board of Finance which helps to pay for the PCC, also the PCC receives no funding from the Government at all. This does not make much sense as the PCC will be less obligated to punish newspapers and magazines more severely with fines etc as they are the ones that are paying for the PCC itself.

 

List the 16 main headings of the code of practise of the PCC

 

The sixteen main headings are:

1. Accuracy
2. Oppurtunity to reply
3. Privacy
4. Harassment
5. Intrusion into grief or shock
6. Children
7. Children in sex cases
8. Hospitals
9. Reporting in crime
10. Clandestine devices and subterfuge
11. Victims of sexual assault
12. Discrimination
13. Financial Journalism
14. Confidential Sources
15. Witness Payments In Criminal Trails
16. Payment To Criminals

Ofcom Regulation

Which media does Ofcom handle complaints about?

Ofcom as a regulation body cover many areas of the media, these areas are;

Television and radio: Ofcom licenses all UK commercial television and radio services in the UK.

Telephone and broadband: Ofcom regulates the UK telecoms sector, defining and enforcing the conditions by which all mobile and fixed-line phone and broadband companies must abide.

Spectrum licensing ad protection: Ofcom is responsible for the management, regulation, assignment and licensing of the electromagnetic spectrum in the UK

Postal services: In October 2010 the UK Government announced plans for Ofcom to inherit the functions of Postcom as part of a wider set of public service austerity measures

Consultations: Ofcom makes extensive use of consultations with industry and the public to help it make decisions based upon the evidence presented.

What aspects of a programme broadcast on commercial radio and TV can consider?

The aspects that Ofcom can consider about TV and commercial radio are a wide variety. This can range from the content of the programme or commercial radio broadcast. It includes harmful or offensive material and unfair treatment or infringement of privacy.

What issues can it consider relating to programmes broadcast by the BBC?



What issues can it consider relating to sponsorship?

Companies can have their products represented on TV shows, this is known as sponsorship. However is a TV show uses the product without permission then Ofcom will step in as they regulate this issue.

An example of this is in TV shows its very apparent that the logo of the product is on full view, if there is no sponsorship to be seen the item would not have a logo on it or any feature to suggest it being a specific brand.

What sanctions can impose on media institutions?

Ofcom can:
Direct a broadcaster not to repeat a advertisement or a television show
Direct a broadcaster to publish a correction or judgement
They can also fine a broadcasteer or revoke a license it can even shorten one this excludes bbc, channel 4 or S4C

What is not within its remit?

Research - Amazon AutoRip. Play.Com Jersey Retailer

Amazon Link:
/http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57563243-93/amazon-lets-rip-with-autorip-music-service/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20972027

Definition:

Amazon has added a new technology to its services called AutoRip. AutoRip is a new service that is only available in the US as of now and is designed to try and take the reigns from Apple in the music business. AutoRip allows users that have bought physical copies of CDs from amazon to listen to the digital versions of the tracks that will will be automatically stored on their amazon cloud account and can be played using the online amazon player in a web browser or using an android, iPhone Kindle Fire and Other tablets.

Play.com Links:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-20953357

Definition:

Jersey based Play.com have announced that they will no longer be seling products directly to customers anymore. This is due to the closing of the Low Value Consignment Relief that would allow stores to sell products that are lower than £15 in value VAT Free. It has been said that all 147 Staff from the Jersey based office are to be made redundant as well as 67 staff from the Cambridge and Bristol offices. The closing of the Low Value Consignment Relief loophole has been a major hammer blow to the company causing many redundancies and may harm the business further as the only people selling items on Play.com will now be third parties.

(Work done by Tom C and Josh F)

Chris Anderson's Thoery - The Long Tail (2006)

Defintion:

This thoery is the one that suggest that prior the broadband era retailers only stocked those items which where seen as "mainstream" (popular). This is due to the limitations of storing the items in stores, however when broadband was introduced retailers where able to store products in large quantities using warehouses and then sell them via online websites, this led to the stocking of more niche products, the idea being that there is more popular products stockpilled however a large variety of niche products are stocked in small amounts, then all the sales of these niche products equal to those of a popular products.




















This thoery can be applied to many topic for example tv, film or music. I am going to focus on the music industry, the idea that before the boradband era only mainstream products would be stored for example this would be "Justin Bieber" albums in this era, however due to this there is now the need to get niche products stored for example bizzare music such as "Swedish death metal".

Examples of Twitter scandals

Justin Bieber fans want Selena Gomez to die

Many times we have tried to convince ourselves that the Beliebers aren’t so bad. They’re just little girls, right? Just as we loved New Kids on the Block and JTT, they love Justin. Right? Well, maybe not. Now that Bieber is dating Selena Gomez, some of his biggest fans are tweeting death threats to the 18-year-old singer/actress. Hey, children? Not okay. In fact, the FBI has gotten involved, and some of these girls may face jail time.

(BAD)

Twitter is a great way to keep up with your favorite Olympic athletes as they give insight into their sports and life in the Olympic Village, and occasionally spray racist vitriol, as Swiss soccer player Michel Morganella did on Monday, getting himself expelled. After an inappropriate missive on Monday in which he described South Koreans as a "bunch of mentally handicapped retards," the Swiss team sent Morganella home. 

(BAD)

Some complete moron responded to Daley's fourth-place finish in synchronized diving on Monday by saying the 18-year old let his father down by not earning a spot on the medal stand. 

The Olympian's dad died of brain cancer last year.

A subsequent Tweet from the same user said he was going to "find" Daley and "drown" him in the pool, which caught the attention of local police. They have reportedly arrested a 17-year old "on suspicion of malicious communications" in relation to his Twitter posts.

In England, Tweeting messages believed to be menacing, offensive or indecent can lead to prosecution. That may violate the First Amendment in the U.S., but would anyone really object if some idiot such as this is thrown in jail?

(GOOD) Although the content of this twitter message is a negative one, the outcome is good because as Twitter is a public social networking site the police where able to arrest the user that left this comment on the Olympic Athelete's twitter feed.

Kate Middleton: Nude photos are lauched on twitter where many poeple have seen it now, it was taken by the French adn shown in one its magazines however this image was then released on twitter by the public. As although it can be banned via news article on twitter in cannot.

(BAD)