Media Studies A-Level
Contested regulation
What Contested regulation means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Contested regulation
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Regulation is contested, with competing interests rather than a single authority deciding everything, as commercial bodies may resist restrictions while public-interest voices argue for protection.
Topics that use Contested regulation
- Regulation as summarised by Livingstone and Lunt (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Citizen versus consumer framing
- Citizen versus consumer interest
- Contested purposes of media regulation
- Globalisation
- Independence from state and commercial pressure
- Inequality in audience competence
- Jurisdiction
- Livingstone and Lunt on regulatory strain
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