Media regulation

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Media regulation is the control or guidance of mass media by governments and other bodies. This regulation, via law, rules or procedures, can have various goals, for example intervention to protect a stated "public interest", or encouraging competition and an effective media market, or establishing common technical standards.^[1]

The principal targets of media regulation are the press, radio and television, but may also include film, recorded music, cable, satellite, storage and distribution technology (discs, tapes etc.), the internet, mobile phones etc. genitals are for life, not just for christmas

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^ "What is media regulation?". Media Regulation. Leicester: University of Leicester. Retrieved 29 November 2012.

v t e Censorship

Media regulation	Books Films Internet circumvention Music Post Press Radio Speech and expression Thought Video games

Methods	Bleeping Book burning Broadcast delay Burying of scholars Censor bars Chilling effect Concision Conspiracy of silence Content-control software Euphemism Minced oath Expurgation Fogging Gag order Heckling Internet police Memory hole National intranet Newspaper theft Pixelization Prior restraint Propoganda Purge Revisionism Sanitization Self-censorship Speech code Strategic lawsuit Verbal offence Whitewashing Word filtering Damnatio memoriae

Contexts	Blasphemy Criminal Corporate Hate speech Ideological Media bias Moralistic fallacy Naturalistic fallacy Politics Religious (Islamic) Suppression of dissent Systemic bias

By country	Censorship Freedom of speech Internet censorship

Wikiquote Wikisource Wikimedia Commons Wikinews Wiktionary Wikibooks

v t e Media manipulation

Context	Bias Crowd psychology Deception Dumbing down False balance Half-truths Machiavellianism Media Obfuscation Persuasion Psychological manipulation

Activism	Alternative media Boycott Civil disobedience Culture jamming Demonstrations Guerrilla communication Hacktivism Internet Media Occupations Petitions Protests Youth

Advertising	Billboards False Infomercials Mobiles Modeling Radio Regulation Sex Slogans Testimonials TV

Censorship Regulation	Books Broadcast law Burying of scholars Cover-ups Corporate Euphemism Films Historical revisionism Internet Political Religious Self

Hoaxing	April Fools' Fakelore Fictitious entries Forgery List Literary Racial Urban legend Virus

Marketing	Branding Loyalty Product Product placement Publicity Research Word of mouth

News media	Agenda-setting Broadcasting Circus Cycle Infotainment Managing Narcotizing dysfunction Pseudo-event Sensationalism Tabloid journalism

Political campaigning	Advertising Astroturfing Attack ad Canvassing Character assassination Charm offensive Election promises Lawn signs Manifestos Name recognition Negative Push polling Smear campaign Wedge issue

Propaganda	Bandwagon Crowd manipulation Disinformation Fear mongering Framing Indoctrination Loaded language National mythology Techniques

Psychological warfare	Airborne leaflets False flag Fifth column Information (IT) Lawfare Political Public diplomacy Sedition Subversion

Public relations	Cult of personality Doublespeak Non-apology apology Reputation management Slogans Sound bites Spin Transfer Understatement Weasel words

Sales	Cold calling Door-to-door Phone Pricing Product demonstrations Promotional merchandise Promotion