Recruitment

Progression

Professional Behaviour

In any sort of job you need to have very good, professional behviour; these are the most important key things you need when getting a job:
- Reliability
- Attendance & Punctuality
- Commitment
- Efficiency
- Self Presentation
- Communication Skills
- Contribution to Team Projects
- Time Management
- Personal Responsibility

Job Roles

In the media there are many different jobs available from being creative and productive to the more technical side. These are the types of jobs I am going to talk about in this post:
-Creative
-Editorial
-Technical
-Managerial
-Marketing
-Administrative
-Legal
-Financial

Imployment Oppertunities in the Creative Media Sectors

Contract Types

Part time contracts

Full time contracts

Casual contracts

Fixed term contracts

Free-lance contracts

On Completion contracts

Censorship

What censorship is:


Censorship is witholding speech or other public communication which may be considered harmful, sensitive or inconvenient. Censorship can be controlled by gonvernement and private organizations. It can happen in loads of ways including speech, books, films, press, radio, television and the internet for reasons such as controlling obscenity, child pornography, hate speech, to promote or restrict political or religious views and to prevent slander.

Arguments for censorship:




Arguments against censorship:

Why should under 18's be subject to particular considerations by regulators?

 

Media Monopoly

What it is:

Media Monopoly is a term used to describe when the media is owned and controlled by a few large corporations. This means that all the larger companies have control of what the smaller companies can do or say which causes lots of conspiracys from the public. They think that because these larger groups have the most power they are controlling what you can see on TV, what you can hear on the radio and what you read in newspapers, magazines and books. 
 

Why is it important to ensure that no one single media producer in the UK has a monopoly:

Why consumer choice important:

 

Issues surrounding regulation

Regulatory Bodies in the Creative Media sectors

I am going to talk about the main regulatory bodies that are involved in the creative media sector.

OFCOM

Press Complaints Commission

British Board of film classification

ASA - Advertising Standards Authority

Performing Rights Society for music