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Regulatory Bodies- Magazines and Newspapers

Regulatory Bodies- Magazines and Newspapers

The regulatory body for magazines and newspapers is IPSO

Role of IPSO

Independent Press Standards Organisation- so not government based

Introduced 2014, replacing the Press Complaints Commission (PCC)

They regulate the content of all press (newspaper) and magazine copy


Audience collator

PAMcO


Editors code of practice 

Covers the following:

1. Accuracy

2. Privacy

3. Harassment

4. Intrusion into grief or shock

5. Reporting suicide

6. Children

7. Children in sex cases

8. Hospitals 

9. Reporting of crime 

10. Clandestine devices and subterfuge

11. Victims of sexual assault

12. Discrimination

13. Financial journalism

14. Confidential sources

15. Witness payments in criminal trials 

16. Payment to criminals 


IPSO case study

  • Three newspapers to be reported to IPSO over inaccurate EU stories, because it was reported that 2.4million migrants were coming over but the actual figure was 0.9million. The newspapers that were reported were the Daily telegraph, Daily mail and Daily express
  • News UK tops lots of complaints upheld in 2015 by IPSO, the worst offender of inaccurate reporting was the Sun, Times and Sunday Times.


 

  • 'It is our last chance. Because, be in no doubt, our future looks far bleaker if we stay in'.
  • The sun punctuates its copy with paragraphs written in italics.
  • The paper is encouraging readers to take note of these sections.
  • This is therefore the preferred reading.
  • Exp. The use of 'our' makes the reader feel included.


  • Papers are generally politically aligned.
  • Therefore, readers of a more left wing paper, The Guardian, for example, would likely take an oppositional stance.


  • A negotiated reading would make an informed decision - perhaps appreciating the more left-wing approach, but choosing to vote to leave. 



 


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