Thursday 17th October 2019
Regulatory Frameworks.
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What is
a regulatory body?
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What is
a regulatory framework?
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What is
Ofcom, what does it do and what framework does it produce and follow?
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What is
the ASA, what does it do and what framework does it produce and follow?
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What is
the IPSO, what does it do and what framework does it produce and follow?
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What is
the BBFC, what does it do and what framework does it produce and follow?
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What is
PEGI, what does it do and what framework does it produce and follow?
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What is
the Creative Industries Council and what is their involvement with
regulation?
What is a regulatory body?
A regulatory body is a public organisation or government agency that is
set up to ensure that laws and regulations are being followed within business
across the UK. Regulatory bodies have to ensure that business are following the
restrictions, conditions and requirements that business have to follow.
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Safeopedia,
(2019), Regulatory Body, https://www.safeopedia.com/definition/625/regulatory-body,
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What is a regulatory framework?
A regulatory framework is a
series of steps taken by a regulator to develop their regulations. It consist
of three step, they are: policy development, regulatory program development and
implementation.
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Intersol Consulting Associates Limited, (2019),
Regulatory frameworks, http://www.qp.gov.bc.ca/rcwc/research/intersol-frameworks.pdf,
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What is Ofcom, what does it do and what framework does it produce and follow?
Ofcom is know as the Office of Communications and they are a government
approved regulatory and competition authority of the broadcasting,
telecommunications and the postal industries in the United Kingdom. Ofcom uses
the Electronic Communications Framework. The framework applies to all transmission
networks and services that operate within the UK. The framework is in place to
raise the standards of regulation and competition across all communication
markets.
What is the ASA, what does it do and what framework does it produce and follow?
ASA stands for the Advertising Standards Authority. They are a
self-regulatory organisation within the United Kingdom. Their job is to ensure
that advertisements across UK media stick to the advertising rules.
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ASA,
(2019), About the ASA and CAP, https://www.asa.org.uk/about-asa-and-cap/about-regulation/about-the-asa-and-cap.html,
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What is the IPSO, what does it do and what framework does it produce and follow?
IPSO stands for Independent Press Standards Organisation. They are an
independent regulator for the newspaper and magazine industry in the UK. It is
their job to ensure that newspapers and magazines follow the editors code and
demand they make changes is the code isn’t followed.
What is the BBFC, what does it do and what framework does it produce and follow?
BBFC stands for British Board of Film Classification. They are a
non-governmental organisation. They were founded by the film industry in 1912
and are responsible for the national classification and censorship of films
that are shown in the UK.
What is PEGI, what does it do and what framework does it produce and follow?
PRGI stands for Pan European Game Information. They were established to
help European consumers purchase age appropriate video games or apps through
the age recommendations and the content descriptions provided.
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Wikipedia,
(2019), Pan European Game Information, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_European_Game_Information,
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What is the Creative Industries Council and what is their involvement with regulation?
The
Creative Industries Council was set up to be the voice of the creative
industry. The council focuses on area where there are barriers for growth
within the creative industry. These barriers include; finance, skills, export
markets, regulation intellectual property and infrastructure.
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The Creative Industries Council, (2019), About
Us, https://www.thecreativeindustries.co.uk/about-us,
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