4.1 Prep Work & Homework - 4 hours

Prep:

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?

Work in 2's to research the resources on the lesson plan link and make notes on the relevance and significance of this case study to OFCOM Regulation

Make a list of the terms and define what they mean or how they can be applied to this case study

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?

Homework: Individually Complete the Grid for next week

https://www.slideshare.net/ctkmedia/case-study-2-benefits-street