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6. Glakome

7. Rubber Duck

8. Bylander

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Media regulation debate

 

1.       Should media companies be in charge of regulating their own content or should the government have a bigger role in this?

Media companies would not be fully in charge of regulating content as it would allow their agendas to be more easily realised as they would have greater control of the content which people are watching. This is especially true as social media is one of the most consumed forms of media in the world

2.       How does government regulation affect what we see and hear in the media? Can too much regulation stifle creativity and free speech or is it necessary for protecting the public?

Government regulation censor the information that we see and hear. This may be to protect their agenda or to protect their audiences from offensive content. Too much censorship will stifle creativity and free speech as many key controversial issues in the modern world could be left out of media. It will also stifle creativity as writers will have less options to work with

3.       Do social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter need more rules and oversight, or should they be left to regulate themselves? How might this impact our online experiences?

Facebook and twitter do not need more rules in my opinion. They are free to regulate themselves as they are private companies, not public spaces. However, government intervention should be free to act whenever and wherever. This impacts online experiences as not everything we say im public will pass online depending on the social media guidelines (iie. Nazi jokes, mockery of the left)

4.       Should schools teach students media literacy? How might this help us better navigate the media we consume and is it the responsibility of educators or individuals themselves

Media literacy should be taught in a student’s formative years, 10-14, to ensure that they are able to filter out content and not get brainwashed by the multitude of media agendas around the world. This will make audiences more aware of the content which they are watching and so will make many theories such as cultivation theory less effective in terms of the application of media agendas. However I believe it is the responsibility of the individuals themselves to be media literate as It would be their choice to decide.

Statement of intent

The content of the document was discussed beforehand with Baron and Niki. I (Jason) participated in discussion and typed up the contents of it.

Audience

Our audience are gonna be males aged 16-20 located anywhere in the world. More specifically we are targeting those that are terminally online and so are part of the internet culture. We want to make our documentary understandable for anyone who has had at least primary education (although it might not be appropriate for them). Our humour for the mockumentary will probably be toilet humour (low-iq humour originating from jokes about "poop"). Because our documentary is about an terminally online phenomenon, it will most likely require a mid-high social class as it would require access to internet and electronic devices.

Media Language

We will have a lot of undershots to show that "Coitus Evito" is a very dangerous disease. We will use a lot of dark foreboding music when approaching "Coitus Evito" patients. We simply need to make them look threatening. For the surrounding people affected, we will use full shots  with blurred backgrounds with more emotional moody music to show the despair that they feel because of the "Coitus Evito" infection. The documentary will likely have a dark and foreboding theme so music similar of that of horror movies may be appropriate to help build that feeling. Creepy ambience will also be a large tool for us to create this feeling as well. Editing will be relatively slow like that in horror movies. However we will resort to goofy edits (such as smash zooms, sound effects, etc.) to make the scene more funny that in actually is.

Representation

We are going to give a negative but comedic representation of men who could not get women (incels). They are going to be ridiculed heavily. We choose to follow stereotypes for incels often used on the internet: Terminally online, slightly-morbidly overweight, and nerdy. We will represent them as victims of the disease. As our documentary will be shown to many people who have no knowledge of incels, we will show the disease as something that they must avoid for the better. According to representation theory, incels will get meaning from media pieces like our documentaries. Because of that we feel that it is socially important to show that incels are victims not predators.

Industry

This work will be distributed through youtube. Our audiences are terminally online so it would be incredibly easy for them to access our media content through that method. They are also still at school so they may not have a source of income, making youtube a good option as well because it is free for everyone to access. We will also advertise via tiktok, youtube shorts and instagram reels as they are very useful in making things go viral quickly. Their video format is almost identical which would help us promote as it would be cheaper. We will also have a main instagram page to put more content in (such as release date, link, special guests features and promotions). 

Third Party Regulations (Dominion vs Fox News)

Dominion's voting machines

 

November 2020, USA election night. Presidential candidate Donald J. Trump was losing by a marginal amount. Despite that, Donald Trump would go on to claim victory of the election, citing Biden's win in the election is a complete fraud. He assembled his Lawyers, Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell to go to media outlets and spread the "News"

Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani went onto Fox News and openly blamed Dominion (the company producing voting machines in 28 states) for election fraud, they also claimed that it was owned by Hugo Chavez, Venezuelan leader who has been dead for years. In response Dominion, sues fox news for 1.6 billion dollars claiming defamation

Dominion used discovery to find out more about Fox as suing for defamation requires "actual malice". They found that Fox execs do not believe in the fraud but still pushes it to the news. This fully fit the criteria for Actual Malice. As a result, Fox was sued for $785.5 million

How effective is third party regulation?

Third party regulation may be ineffective as legal issues in order to sue or regulate are incredibly slow and could take years to process. It took Dominion 3 years to sue Fox

Why no US Law Section 230?

Fox was responsible for the content they publish

Should Fox be held accountable?

yes

Quick cuts experimentation

This is a experiment with quick cuts that I made with a member of another group, Sanjaya

 

Douyin vs TikTok

 What is TikTok?

TikTok is a social media application owned by Bytedance for the world outside China. It specialises in short-form videos which are displayed through a vertical scroll. It was released in 2018.

What is Douyin?

TikTok but in China. (Released 2016)

These two are owned by the same company (Bytedance) but are incredibly different

What are some regulations on each app?

Douyin (For Children under 14)

- App locks between 10pm-6am

-Max 40min/day

-"Positive" content pushed by algorithm

This may be caused by the CCP wanting their children to grow as best as possible and to have fundamental Chinese values alongside a wide variety of intelligence. These regulations may be applied as Douyin may be held directly responsible for breaches with the CCP.

TikTok

-Nothing

US Law: Section 230

Free Speech Absolutist (Section 230)

 Twitter vs Trump

What happened?

Trump uploaded tweets (on site now known as X) inciting the invasion of the capitol building and spreading misinformation about the election results in which he was projected to lose.

What did twitter do?

they decided to remove him on January 8 after judging that his tweets had helped incite violence in the capitol on January 6

Why did they ban him?

Two tweets were put through the glorification of violence policy of twitter. The second tweet in question was especially put in emphasis as it included Donald J. Trump encouraging an attack during the inauguration of Joe Biden, representing it as a safe target

What will it do to everyone else?

The ban will show Twitter's intolerance for misinformation and incitement of violence. It shows that twitter is a safe place for the average user who may be concerned that people might be seeing such things. This decision enraged Trump's supporters as they started to call Twitter a tool of the machine, catering to the needs of the democrats. This eventually led to Donald Trump launching his own site called Truth Social

Implications to the website?

Twitter are set to have greater distrust particularly from Trump's supporters who believe that the election was in fact rigged. It helped keep twitter advertiser friendly as keeping Trump on the site has huge risks for sponsors and advertisers