This past week we covered Chapter 4. Chapter 4 discussed various types of media regulations, including those imposed by governments as well as both formal and informal regulations. It gave a better understanding of how certain content and structural regulations affect how media industries operate and the outcomes of their content.
An example of regulations that have an effect on a media output is on Apple TV. A few weeks ago, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook released a statement about how the company wants to make scripted television shows to stream on Apple TV, but without sex, violence, politics, or risky plotlines. He says this is because the tech-company needs to keep up with a family-friendly perception.
Apple regulating their television shows is risky because it doesn’t give their producers enough freedom to create as they please. It will also be difficult to execute television shows like this since Netlifx, Hulu, and Amazon will stream shows without guidelines like this. Thus, the shows must be very entertaining on their own without initially having to appeal to mature audiences. I will not expand too deeply on this as it is also my presentation for current events.
Something that I consider to be interesting in media regulations is within Facebook. Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerburg had to argue with Congress about the data breach that the social media giant experienced. Facebook was being blamed for not regulating the amount of data that third-parties had access to. As a result, Facebook came out with a campaign about getting the website back to its initial purpose, bringing us together. This shows that the company is paying attention to what is being regulated, and how Congress can step in at any point within a company and have a say in its regulations.
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