Regulation

Regulation - The rules and restrictions that a media product needs to follow

Why do regulations exist in television?
The primary reason is so children don't see particular content that involves violence, taboo language and sexual things for children these things may be traumatising 

The watershed - a voluntary time tv channels put shows with lack f restrictions (after 9)

Audience theory:
Active 
Passive

Harm and offence: Hurts people feeling or upsets them, could be blasphemy 
 
Sonia Livingston and Peter Lunt:
Media is getting harder to regulate due to digital technologies and the internet 
Self regulation - parents can set pins and passwords so you can't watch certain things

Scenes from Humans which may cause harm or offence:
This may cause harm and offence as...
- Kidnapping may trigger memories
- depicts unconcious women being dragged away
- Connotations of murder and sexual assault









 This may cause harm and offence as....
- Used to cause harm of someone
- Air rifle being shot at someone which is easy to get hold of
- Imitable behaviour - bullying, rebellion against social norms, teenager using a gun, sadism
 
This may cause harm and offence as...
- Potentially traumatic scene 
- Depicts prostitution 
- Objectification of women 
- Taboo theme: man having sex with a robot - depiction of sexual assault 





- vulnerable as back is turned









Fred picking oranges - Black synth has been branded: connotations of slavery and also alludes to the holocaust. Audience may have family members affected by these events 

Odi on floor in the supermarket - Depiction of lifeless or dead Odi. Odi is a son figure to George so may be potentially upsetting to parents

Leo attacks Sadiq - Violent, intimidating scene - may be particularly offensive to those involved in violence - possible racial violent undertones 

Stuart Hall - reception theory 
How we take in media products 
- Dominant or preferred reading
- Oppositional reading
- Negotiated reading 
Humans is about we are too dependant on technology.




Dominant/preferred reading 
- Women should be in the kitchen, "housewife"





















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