Laws and Regulations Power point

Ethical issues Word Document

Task 3 Leveson Inquiry, Australian DJ's

Issues in media

In the radio industrys many rules are set out in order to lessen the chance of illegal or ethical issues being committed. These rules are set out by ofcom which radio stations have to follow very closely, however sometimes radio presenters take a joke to far.

The few months again an incident occured within the radio network, when two austrailian DJ's rang up a hospital pretending to be prince phillip and asking how Kate Middletons baby was. The women who awnsered the phone began to give the DJ's the information about Kate not realising that the phone conversaion was being broadcasted on air to thousands of people. The lady did not know this was a prank and therefore when she found out that she had breached about Kate Middleton to random people, ended it by committing suicide.

This was a massive story in the media and was the front cover for newspapers for a couple of weeks. Alot of people thought the women who awnsered the phone felt guilty and under alot of pressure wihc added towards he rcommitting suicide.

The prank that was carried out by these two austrailan DJ's isent concidered as illegal due to the fact they didnt break any rules. Also the radio DJ's didnt intend for ayone to kill themselfs, and thought the prank was a harmless joke.
In my opinion I think that the DJ's should be punished for what they did due to the fact that they shouldnt of invaded the Royals privicy because they knew that the royal family could be hurt because of this. They knew that their actions would end up in someone getting hurt or upset and therefore they should of thought about their actions before they acrried them out.

Task 1 Case Study

Task 3 Regulatory Bodies

Defining Industries Power point

Communication Skills