MDSA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Richard Rorty, Situation Two, Regulation A
29 Sep 2018
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Education reformer: argued against role memorization & for development of problem-solving skills= make people productive & responsible, richard rorty (1931- 2007), relativism: Commitment to seeing the world in terms of contingent historical conditions ( no unchanging essence) Media regulation- a pragmatic paradigm: contingencies (problem solve) : Socio- cultural/ historical factors during creation of a regulation, factors regulation should address as a result of context & situation: consequences (assess outcomes/effects): Clear effects of regulation on a society @ large: tensions: Public interest (favours regulation) vs free market (favours deregulation), government"s regulation vs media self-regulation. What are some of the pragmatic considerations: combining media monopoly, maintaining national interest (canadian content laws, protecting intellectual property. Regulating media content: promote diversity, manage morality, obscenity: sexual/explicit material, indecency: material= unfit for general public, profanity : foul language. Ensure accuracy: fraudulent claims, defamation: libel (print) & slander (spoken), ex, industry code of ethics= self-regulation.
