Week 21 OFCOM Case Study 1 Benefits Street

Objective: to examine the social changes and arguments surrounding the regulation of TV in contemporary UK. 

Outcomes:
C - examine and discuss debates and social/political/moral factors to form an opinion on regulation
B - Analyse links to (WHY?) Effects Theories and consider Debates to support opinion
A - Justify changes in regulation effective in meeting

Top Trumps Case Study 2 Handout

Case study 2 benefits street from ctkmedia

Starter: 
What does this Case Study reveal about social changes?
What Acts or legislation apply to this Case Study?
Would self-regulation of TV by the Producers have been more or less effective?
Is OFCOM too close to political interests?
Is it effective in protecting the vulnerable?

Was this discrimination - would this be accepted if the contributors were all an ethnic minority or women?

Questions to show progression:

http://www.ctklms.com/uploads/5/3/4/2/5342058/regulation_arguments.docx 

http://www.ctklms.com/uploads/5/3/4/2/5342058/regulation_previous_practices.docx

Mind Map out Social Changes/Debates from this Case Study

Sociological - the way society was/is organised and how we live our lives

Cultural and Political - religious, political beliefs, "norms" of behaviours, dominant ideas, who is in power/in charge, attitudes towards social groups

New Information
Case Study OFCOM and Benefit Street 2014 and Channel 4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkrX5J73Vi4 

What is the debate?

Plenary recap What are OFCOMs aims, regulatory practices, is it statutory or non?

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/about/what-is-ofcom/statutory-duties-and-regulatory-principles 

What was controversial that let to complaints?

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/jan/16/benefits-street-residents-apology-channel-4

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2567712/TV-regulator-investigate-Benefits-Street-nearly-1-800-complaints-depiction-crimes-failure-protect-children-unfairness-parade-scroungers-drug-addicts.html

What is the difference is representation of the story between the above 2 newspapers?

What is Poverty Porn & why do people think it is politically offensive propaganda?
https://rts.org.uk/article/rts-huw-wheldon-memorial-lecture

http://www.newsmediaimages.com/celebrity-article-61263-benefit-street-channel-4-love-productions-disgraceful-political-statement/

http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2014/01/iain-duncan-smith-people-are-shocked-by-benefits-street-and-labour-will-thank-us-for-welfare-reform/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25287068

What is the publics response - group them into points of view (scroll through to find some interesting ones)
https://mobile.twitter.com/search?q=%23benefitsstreet&src=typd

What action did the regulator take to the complaints and what was their decision?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28086213

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10935383/Benefits-Street-did-not-breach-Ofcom-guidelines-despite-complaints.html

How many complaints and what real harm could it have caused?
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/benefits-street-sparks-ofcom-probe-after-1800-complaints-9152654.html

What responsibility do the programme makers, the broadcaster, the regulator and we as a society have?

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/benefits-street-a-healthy-media-would-stand-up-to-the-powerful-and-wealthy-ours-targets-the-poor-and-9046773.html 

The OFCOM report

http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/enforcement/broadcast-bulletins/obb257/obb257.pdf 

AGP student Extension activity: read, annotate and summarise the theories of Stuart Hall (decoding preferred, negotiated, oppositional readings) and teach the class

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/22/benefits-street-tv-programme-divided-the-nation

Plenary - Post it notes: Where do you stand?

Prep: http://www.theguardian.com/society/2009/jan/13/class-discrimination-social-mobility 

• What does this Case Study reveal about social changes?
• What Acts or legislation apply to this Case Study?
• Is OFCOM too close to political interests?
• Is it effective in protecting the vulnerable?
• Was this discrimination - would this be accepted if the contributors were all an ethnic minority or women?

STARTER: What do you believe ideology assessment game - what ideology are you?

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