Knowledge and Skills

Key Knowledge

• the rationale for regulating the relationships between the media and its audiences in Australia
• the issues and challenges relating to regulation and control of the media

Key Skill

• analyse the regulation of relationships between the media and its audience in Australia
• analyse issues and challenges relating to regulation and control of the media

Key terms and concepts

• The media is regulated in Australia through a range of government, industry and self regulatory systems.
• A lot of these systems fall under the government organisation ACMA (Australian Communication and Media Authority) who, amongst many other jobs, give out media licenses in Australia.
• The reasons for regulation, and how effective regulatory systems are, seem to be in flux thanks to a rapidly changing media landscape
• This creates issues and challenges to do with how we should regulate our media - are we regulating too much or not enough? And what can we reasonably expect from media regulation?

Sessions

Media sessions

Resources

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