Regulating the Press

Can the Media Serve Democracy?

“…These ideals also need to be considered alongside a pragmatic realization of the importance of the electoral support of the press and a fear that regulation might undermine this. Between the 1860s and the end of the so-called taxes on knowledge and the setting up of the First Royal Commission on the Press in 1947, the press was free of any regulation (O'Malley and Soley, 2000). Indeed, the First Royal Commission was set up by government under pressure from a range of actors, including politicians, unions and other civil society groups, to reform press standards (ibid.).…”

‘Casting Shadows’: Militarised boyhoods in apartheid South Africa during the 1980s

“…The Church was now totally convinced [of] the fact that we were fighting the war…we were fighting a just war. (O’Malley, 2015)Yet, for many White boys, it was the regime’s military tattoos and air shows, essentially functioning as festivals of a militarised society, which cemented a strong masculine sense of patriotism and awe in the military.…”

“…The Church was now totally convinced [of] the fact that we were fighting the war…we were fighting a just war. (O’Malley, 2015)…”

Public Communication Ethics in an Online Environment

“…Codes and self-regulation bodies (as independent authorities) monitor selfregulation processes to ensure that media companies honor their respective codes (Harris 1992, pp. 65-66;O'Malley and Soley 2000), thus safeguarding civil liberties and media independence of political powers.…”