September 2016
Young women at ‘highest mental health risk’
One in five women reported a common mental disorder such as anxiety and depression in 2014 compared to one in eight men, according to the survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing. Stephen Buckley, head of information at the mental health charity Mind, said: “Young people are coming of working age in times of economic uncertainty, they’re more likely to experience issues associated with debt, unemployment and poverty, and they are up against increasing social and environmental pressures, all of which affect well-being.
He said there had been a “surge” in the use of social media since the last survey in 2009. “It can help people feel less isolated, particularly those who struggle to make and maintain relationships or who find it difficult to leave their homes. But it also comes with some risks. Its instantaneous and anonymous nature means it’s easy for people to make hasty and sometimes ill-advised comments that can negatively affect other people’s mental health.”
BBCOnline 29/9/2016
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Women are leading the war against offensive adverts deemed to have a negative impact on children, study claims
Women are the guardians of the nation’s morals when it comes to advertising, a study suggests.
Research found 59 per cent of complaints made by women to the Advertising Standards Authority are over issues of harm and offence – such as those which could have a negative impact on children.
By contrast just 35 per cent of complaints by men fall into this category.
MailOnline 28/9/2016
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TV industry could face ‘harder diversity targets’, says Ofcom chief
Broadcasters could face tougher penalties and “harder-edged” regulation if they do not improve diversity, Ofcom chief executive Sharon White has said. White said the television industry has made some progress since Lenny Henry called for legislation in 2014 to boost the low numbers of black, Asian and minority ethnic people on and off screen. However, White said broadcasters are not yet doing a “good enough job” and that Ofcom will “look at enforcements” if the issue is not resolved.
Guardian 27/9/2016
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BBC iPlayer login will be required from 2017
All users of the BBC’s iPlayer service will have to log in with a personal account from early 2017. Users of BBC services can already create an online account - known as a BBC ID - but this is not currently required in order to access iPlayer. From Tuesday, BBC ID holders also have to add a postcode to their account.
BBC News Online 27/9/2016
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UK ‘has never been more addicted to smartphones’
If you’ve ever woken up in the middle of the night and immediately checked your phone then you’re not alone. People in the UK have never been more addicted to their smartphones, according to a report from Deloitte. One in three adults check for messages at night, and admit their overuse is causing rows with their partners. For some, FOMO - or the fear of missing out - leaves them in the grip of an addiction to their devices, according to the survey.
BBC News Online 26/9/2016
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Is your phone taking over your life?
New research has found that over a third of people regularly check their mobiles in the middle of the night, while 15 million are having their sleep patterns disrupted.
BBC News Online 26/9/2016
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Coronation Street to be investigated over ‘Kunta Kinte’ remark
Coronation Street is to be investigated by the broadcasting regulator after hundreds of viewers complained about a “racist” comment a character made about her hair. The episode, broadcast on August Bank Holiday Monday, saw Eva Price, played by Catherine Tyldesley, visit Audrey’s hair salon, where she remarked: “I have more roots than Kunta Kinte.” “No idea who that is, by the way, just something my mum used to say.”
Guardian 26/9/2016
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Rinstagram or Finstagram? The curious duality of the modern Instagram user
Social media has given us many things: selfies, shelfies, belfies; this week Miranda July liveblogged her dentist visit. It has also given us online status anxiety, a pervasive fear of missingout and may be affecting our mental health. Recently, it has produced the curious conceit of the dual Instagram account; in which users have two Instagram accounts, one reserved for their close friends, and another for anyone who wishes to follow them.
Users are mostly in their teens and part of their double life is to hoodwink prying parents. They’ll allow parents access to their performative, public account; but the secret more ungainly account, (often under an assumed name) is kept under wraps, just for pals.
Guardian 26/9/2016
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New to Snapchat? Here’s how to join the conversation
In 2016, Snapchat is as much a public social network, not to mention a new form of television, with its own daily menu of news and entertainment. Snapchat can be intimidating for newcomers, but its initially baffling user interface becomes second nature with a little practice. Here’s how to lose your novice status.
Guardian 25/9/2016
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Girls, you don’t need to be pink princesses
I have complained to the BBC for the first time in my life, about an episode of Radio 4’s iPM in which Jennifer Tracey interviewed a ten-year-old who we were told “identifies as gender non-binary”
The Times 22/9/2016
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Internet can be ‘paedophile playgroud’ warns NSPCC
The internet can be “a playground for paedophiles”, the NSPCC has warned. The warning came as figures showed a rise in children, worried about online abuse and grooming, contacting the charity’s Childline service.
BBC News Online 20/9/2016
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NHS watchdog issues sexting advice
An NHS watchdog has issued advice about sexting to help professionals spot the difference between “normal” sexual experimentation and harmful sexual behaviour among children and teens.
BBC News Online 20/9/2016
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Let’s Make Sure Online Porn Is Strictly For Over 18s
Imagine this scenario. A thirteen year old sets off from home to walk to school one morning. On the corner of the street is a sex shop. They walk in through the open door and buy a selection of porn mags and DVDs using their parent’s credit card. No one stops them and the shopkeeper doesn’t ask how old they are.
Huffington Post 18/9/2016
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What IS the point of a TV watchdog if it rules a couple having sex on a mainstream programme is acceptable?
Ten years ago, there would have been an uproar if a mainstream television channel had shown a couple making love. How much has changed. In June, ITV2’s Love Island showed two contestants having sex ten minutes after the nine o’clock watershed, following a scant warning that there would be scenes of a ‘sexual nature’. You could say that again.
Obviously many children could have watched this. I have no doubt they did. But given the ubiquity of hardcore porn on the internet, it is likely that many, possibly most, of them were not very shocked. What is a bit of live sex on television these days?
MailOnline 16/9/2016
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Two charged over video game gambling site
Two men have been charged with offences under the Gambling Act in what is believed to be the first prosecution involving betting on video games. The Gambling Commission, which brought the prosecution, has been looking into the rise of video game gambling. It is warning parents that children can be drawn into betting on so-called skins - virtual goods such as weapons or clothes that are a feature of many popular games.
BBCOnline 16/9/2016
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Campaigners BLAST Ofcom for clearing Love Island and CBB X-rated romps
Broadcasting regulator Ofcom has come under fire for dismissing complaints lodged against a host of racy shows aired throughout summer. A number of reality and game shows have caused stirs among viewers with the regularity of extremely explicit sex scenes being aired close to the water shed.
Campaign group Mediawatch-UK has lashed out following the clearance of shows such as Love Island and Big Brother, in which contestants were seen having sex in full view of both cameras and co-stars. Sam Burnett, acting director of Mediawatch-UK, continued: ‘Apparently it’s now OK to show two people having sex nine minutes after the watershed as long as you play some jaunty music over the top of it. Ofcom’s lip-service regulation is leading to a freefall in television standards, and it’s the viewers who are losing out.’
MailOnline 15/9/2016
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BBC ‘disappointed’ by new rules on presenters’ pay
The BBC has said new rules to force it to reveal the pay of its on-air talent are “disappointing” and likely to cause a “massive headache” after the government confirmed that any employee earning more than £150,000 would be identified. Culture secretary Karen Bradley said the new obligations to reveal details of stars’ pay would help make the BBC a more “transparent and open” organisation as she launched a draft charter which also confirmed changes to the BBC’s historic system of governance.
mediaGuardian 15/9/2016
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Apple’s Messages app suggests My Little Pony porn gif
Apple’s built-in gif feature for its iOS 10 Messages app, used by adults and children alike, is suggesting a sexualised animation of a My Little Pony character bending over and pulling down her underwear for searches for the word “butt”.
Guardian 15/9/2016
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Ofcom TV chief to leave after five months amid row over outside work
The chief enforcer of television quality and standards at regulator Ofcom is set to leave after just five months after being forced to choose between his job and his outside work as a journalist.
MediaGuardian 13/9/2016
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Fireman Sam ‘Koran’ scene cleared by Ofcom
Complaints over an episode of Fireman Sam, which seems to show a character treading on a Koran page, will not be investigated by watchdog Ofcom. The scene shows a fireman slipping on papers and, as they fly up, a page with Arabic script appears to be among them. Ofcom received 170 complaints but said on Monday it could not confirm the page was from the Koran.
BBC News Online 13/9/2016
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Facebook loses bid to prevent girl suing over naked picture on ‘shame page’
Facebook has lost a legal bid to prevent a 14-year-old girl from suing the company over a naked picture of her that was posted on a “shame page” on the site as an act of revenge. A high court judge in Belfast on Monday rejected Facebook’s attempt to have the claim by the girl struck out. She is also taking legal action against the man who allegedly posted the picture in what lawyers claim is the first case of its kind in the UK.
MediaGuardian 13/9/2016
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Love Island cleared in Ofcom probe
ITV’s Love Island has been cleared by watchdog Ofcom after a sex scene involving two contestants was broadcast just 10 minutes after the 9pm watershed. Viewers were shocked when Emma-Jane Woodham and Terry Walsh had sex in front of their housemates with the lights on in an episode that aired in June.
Daily Mail 12/9/2016
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Sexualised behaviour in very young children increasing, say teachers
There is a “slow creep” of sexualised language and behaviour among children as young as five in the classroom, teachers have told the Guardian. Speaking on the condition of anonymity, in order to protect the children involved, she said: “As a primary teacher, I have been appalled by the rise in sexual language and behaviour in children as young as five. Unfiltered access to the internet and age inappropriate computer games is exposing more and more young children to things they are not able to cope with or understand. Many parents haven’t got a clue what is happening.”
mediaGuardian 12/9/2016
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How porn is damaging our children’s future sex lives
Any boy with a smartphone can watch online pornography – and it’s harming their ability to relate to real-life girls and women
Guardian 10/9/2016
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Information commissioner wants FoI extension
Private companies that take public money to provide government services should be subject to the freedom of information act (FoIa), according to the new information commissioner, Elizabeth Denham. She told the BBC that the act should be extended to such companies, which would have the effect of opening them up to greater public scrutiny.
MediaGuardian 7/9/2016
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BBC Two to dedicate Saturday nights to the arts
BBC Two is to dedicate its Saturday night schedules to the arts during the autumn, the corporation has said. The channel will cover subjects including music, performance, art, literature and cinema from 1 October.
BBC News Online 7/9/2016
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BBC under fire over new Crimewatch format as it’s accused of presenting REAL murder with a ‘soap opera cliffhanger’
The BBC has been accused of turning Crimewatch into a ‘soap opera’, after leaving viewers guessing over what happened in a historic murder investigation. The first episode of the revamped series retold the case of Melanie Road, who was raped and killed in 1984 at the age of 17. But viewers complained that the episode ended on a ‘disgraceful cliffhanger’, as they were told to tune in next week to see how the case concluded.
A spokesman for Mediawatch-UK said: ‘Crimewatch has long provided a valuable service in raising awareness of unsolved crimes, but the BBC is treading a dangerous line between being informative and sensationalist. The Corporation will undermine its good work by turning tragedy into cliffhanger entertainment.’
MailOnline 6/9/2016
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