How far do changes to the regulation of media reflect broader social changes?
Regulation is a form of controlling and protecting vulnerable viewers such as children or people who may be intellectually disabled from seeing content that may influence to them imitate the behaviour or make them feel uncomfortable. It can also be used to uphold what society deems as normal and acceptable and to prevent negative messages being projected into society. I will be analysing how contemporary media, such as films, are regulated in the UK and the effectiveness of their practices with regards to social change. The BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) is one of the main film regulators for films shown in the UK and they are a non-statutory institution based on the principal that film is a from of art and is shown universally so they’re decisions are made primarily from the film industry and reflects their interests. They regulate film proactively as content is reviewed before a theatrical release and they regulate films by either giving age classifications, censoring