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How is your chosen industry regulated? Refer to your three main texts (30 marks) Introduction: - Explain what regulation is and why it is needed - Statement of intention, making sure that you refer to your three texts by name Main body: - Explain who regulars newspapers with a brief historical overview (PCC, Leveson enquiry, IPSO). Explain the make up the IPSO boards, with a comment about freedom of the press, self regulation and the relevance of this to democracy. - Explain the two functions of IPSO, explain specifically what the Editors Code of Practice is - Give examples of the code of practice in action (making sure there is at least one reference to each newspaper) - Discuss the references to the public interest and what this means - Give your examples of the complaints procedure in action (making sure there is at least one reference to each newspaper) - Discuss the references to the public interest and what this means. - Give your ex...

This essay will examine the representations, along with an exploration of existing heroes and villains in the action/crime genre, researching into what it takes for a character to receive their title. This will also show the perception of central heroes and villains, or a protagonist and an antagonist showing how they are binary opposites along with exploring their similarities and differences. Heroes and villains have always existed, even before the invention of film and television. One example of this is shown through the use of heroes and villains in plays and novels written by William Shakespeare. In Shakespeare’s 'Othello', villainy is portrayed through the character of Iago who is the main antagonist of the play, Iago being one of Shakespeare’s most manipulative and sinister villains. Another of Shakespeare’s villains is the character Lady Macbeth from the play Macbeth, a character who stops at nothing to become queen. Along with these villains Shakespeare also has man...