Name: ReeceUnit 2 Task 1 Be able to extract information from written sourcesUnit 7 Task 3 Understanding the regulation of the media sector

Be able to extract information from written sources

Written sources: e.g. books, journals, websites, magazines, newspapers, handouts

Reading: with concentration; skim-reading: scanning; using index; using word search; using phrase search

Extract information: e.g. write notes, summarise, highlight text, annotate document, underline passages,

In order to protect children from unsuitable and even harmful content in films and videos and to give consumers information they might need about a particular film or video before deciding whether or not to view it, the BBFC examines and age rates films and videos before they are released.

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/what-classification/how-does-classification-work

BBFC laws Protecting children's act Broadcasting laws

The British video association is the trade body that represents the publishers interest and interests of the rights owners of video entertainment.

http://www.bva.org.uk/

The BVA's members account for some 90% of this £2 billion+ industry and include film and television companies and independent labels which produce, license and distribute film, sport and fitness, music video, TV, children's and special interest programming.

http://www.bva.org.uk/about-us/

Film Distributors’ Associations (FIAD) gathers national organisations of film distribution companies.

http://www.fiad.eu/

Distribution and licensing agreements define domestic rights as the United States (including its territories, possessions and military bases) and Canada.

http://www.aivf.org/node/298

It is a standards body for the video and video games industries and has a Code of Practice designed to ensure that both industries show a duty of care in their dealings with customers and the public generally. It provides its retailer members with a staff training course dealing with age restricted videos, DVDs and video games. 

http://www.videostandards.org.uk/VSC/ Video Recordings Act 1984 http://www.videostandards.org.uk/VSC/

guidelines.html It’s the same laws that put films in the pictures

Ofcom is the communications regulator. They regulate the TV and radio sectors, fixed line telecoms, mobiles, postal services.

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/about/ Data Protection Act 1998 The Freedom of Information Act 2000 http://www.ofcom.org.uk/about/policies-and-

guidelines/

TSI is something that basically says weather you can sell something or not.

environmental health, health and safety, licensing and so on. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trading_Standards

Is a place where people can complain about something the press has written in British printed newspapers and magazines.

The PCC is no longer here as it was closed down because people thought it weren't doing its job when the phone hacking scandal came out.

The Advertising Standards Authority is the UK’s independent regulator of advertising across all media. They apply the Advertising Codes, which are written by the Committees of Advertising Practice. There work includes acting on complaints and proactively checking the media to take action against misleading, harmful or offensive advertisements.

http://www.asa.org.uk/About-ASA.aspx