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Shock Tactics
If you’re interested in charity advertising, there’s a useful comment piece on Peta’s recent campaign encouraging veganism on The Guardian website. As the article says, getting the balance right when...
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It All Adds Up
Channel 4′s advertising campaign for Big Fat Gypsy Weddings is attracting criticism from both the ASA (The Advertising Standards Authority) and Honda, sponsor of the series. As you will see from the...
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Sticks and stones
The accumulation of words labelling groups is, of course, one of the aspects we consider when thinking about the concept of representation. Fathers4Justice recently sought to highlight what they saw as...
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The BBFC is 100
The Guardian has a useful article on the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification), especially if you’re studying A2 media. The BBFC’s own student site also has lots of insightful material.
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Offensive advertising
The BBC has a detailed article about advertising and what people find offensive. It usefully focuses on charity advertising. If only more people would object to this sort of offensive gender...
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100 Years of the BBFC
We’ve mentioned this before: The BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) is 100 this year. Here’s another useful article offering a starting point for further investigations into the regulation of...
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The Leveson inquiry into press ethics
If you’re not sure where to start The Guardian has a guide to the essentials of the Leveson inquiry (and much more if you follow the associated links). And if you’re feeling more up-to-date with the...
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Lads’ mags and the law
Campaigners want the removal from sale of titles such as Nuts as they are harmful to women. The sale of the magazines could mean a breach of sexual discrimination laws. Whatever the truth, it’s worth...
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Age classifications for videogames
PEGI – Pan European Game Information – is the body responsible for providing consumer information about the contents, and therefore the most suitable audience, for videogames. In the UK the BBFC...
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Age ratings on music videos?
The BBFC is proposing a system of age ratings for online music videos and Google/YouTube are reportedly supportive.
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Unacceptable advertisements?
The Guardian has a rundown of the most complained about advertisements of 2015. Here’s the ‘winner’:
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