Essay Plan 1

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To what extent is contemporary media regulation more or less effective than in previous times?
Discuss the need for media regulation.

- What Points address the question? (P) (e.g. Increasing Liberalism, Desentisation, Impact of Technology, Catharsis and U&G individual needs over Effects and Copycat) 

• Media Regulation
• Proactive or Reactive Regulation
• Liberal Regulation
• The increased liberal morals of society
• Regulation in more conservative times
• The progression of Regulation

- Which Case Studies? (E)

• Deadpool
• 50 Shades
• Night of the living Dead
• Human Centipede

- Which Regulators? (E)

Film Regulators

• BBFC

- Which Theories & Debates? (A)

• Hypodermic Needle
• Audience Theory
• Reception Theory
• Desensitisation
• Cathartic

- Future prediction?

• Society will begin to become even more liberal over regulation
• Sex and Drugs will be seen more frequently in film more so than television
• The BBFC will continue to evolve and match the moral standards of society as we go on

- Historical Context?

• Relate it back to case studies -E.G.: Night of the Living Dead
• Include information about the BBFC history
• BBFC history of ratings

• The change of classification

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