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3%#4/2 /6%26)%7 s 4HE MEDIA SECTOR ENCOMPASSES COMPANIES INVOLVED IN PRODUCING COMMUNICATING AND DISTRIBUTING INFORMATION AND ENTERTAIN MENT AS WELL AS ENTITIES OFFERING PLATFORMS FOR CONTENT DISTRIBU TION 4HE GOODS PROVIDED BY THE SECTOR INCLUDE MANY KINDS OF PRINTED AUDIO VISUAL AND AUDIO VISUAL CONTENT WHICH ARE DIS TRIBUTED TO CONSUMERS THROUGH A WIDE RANGE OF CHANNELS SUCH AS THE )NTERNET TELEVISION NEWSPAPERS MAGAZINES BOOKS VIDEO GAMES lLM RADIO AND SOCIAL NETWORKS s 4HIS SECTOR IS CHANGING REmECTING THE RISE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE INCREASED BLURRING OF THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN THE MEDIA SECTOR AND THE ADVERTISING TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY SECTORS 4HIS BLURRING DEMONSTRATES THE CHALLENGES PRESENTED TO @TRADITIONAL MEDIA BUSINESSES NEWSPAPERS TELEVISION RADIO BY NEW COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES THE LOW COST OF CONTENT GEN ERATION AND THE RISE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
s 7HILE THE EMERGENCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES ARE WIDELY DESCRIBED AS A THREAT TO @TRADITIONAL MEDIA BUSINESSES TELEVISION CONTINUES TO BE THE WORLD S LARGEST ADVERTISING ME DIUM WITH A TOTAL ADVERTISING EXPENDITURE OF BILLION Ƚ BILLION IN FOLLOWED BY NEWSPAPERS BILLION OR Ƚ BILLION THE )NTERNET BILLION OR Ƚ BILLION MAGAZINES BILLION OR Ƚ BILLION AND RADIO BILLION OR Ƚ BIL LION !LTHOUGH IT IS LIKELY THAT THIS PICTURE WILL CHANGE n FOR EXAMPLE SEARCH ENGINE MARKETING WILL MOST LIKELY TAKE A LARGER SHARE OF COMPANIES MARKETING BUDGETS AT THE EXPENSE OF TRA DITIONAL MEDIA PRINT MEDIA 46 RADIO n THE RATE OF DECLINE OF TRADITIONAL MEDIA SHOULD NOT BE OVERESTIMATED &OR INSTANCE WHILE PRINT CIRCULATION IS DECLINING WORLDWIDE DECREASE FROM TO IT IS STILL RISING IN !SIA 0ACIlC
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MEDIA PLATFORMS SUCH AS BLOGGING SITES OR VIDEO HOSTING AS THEY MAY BE ASKED TO DEPLOY COUNTRY SPECIlC lLTERS OR DE ACTIVATE ACCOUNTS AND CONTENT PROVIDERS WHO MAY NOT BE PERMITTED TO CREATE CERTAIN TYPES OF CONTENT )N THE /PEN .ET )NITIATIVE REPORTED NETWORK lLTERING BY GOVERN MENTS IN OVER COUNTRIES s #OMMERCIAL PRESSURES TO ADOPT A PARTICULAR EDITORIAL LINE 7HILE THE IMPLICATIONS OF NATIONAL REGULATION FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ARE WELL RECOGNISED THERE ARE A RANGE OF OTHER FREQUENTLY HIDDEN PRESSURES FOR MEDIA COMPANIES TO SELF CENSOR 4HESE MAY INCLUDE PROPRIETORIAL INTERFERENCE AND THE DESIRE NOT TO OFFEND PARTICULAR CLIENTS OR ADVERTISERS
WRONG DOING E G WHEN INFORMATION IS CONlDENTIAL OR UN s 4HE PRODUCTION OF NEWS CONTENT RAISES SERIOUS ETHICAL ISSUES LAWFULLY OBTAINED MANY OF WHICH HAVE COME TO THE FORE IN THE RECENT CONTRO VERSIES AROUND 7IKILEAKS AND AROUND PHONE HACKING IN THE 5+ s 4HE RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS TO A PRIVATE LIFE A PRINCIPLE THAT 4HESE INCLUDE WAS CLEARLY IGNORED IN THE PHONE HACKING SCANDAL AND MORE GENERALLY IN THE MEDIA HARASSMENT OF MANY CELEBRI s 4HE PROTECTION OF THE IDENTITY OF ANONYMOUS SOURCES 4HIS IS TIES A BASIC PRINCIPLE FOR JOURNALISTS AND IS UNDERPINNED BY LEG ISLATION IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES 4HE REMOVAL OF THIS PROTECTION s 4HE ISSUES AROUND PRESS ETHICS ALSO INTERSECT WITH OTHER ISSUES WOULD UNDERMINE THE WILLINGNESS OF MANY WHISTLE BLOWERS RAISED HERE IN PARTICULAR THE ISSUES OF TRUST FREEDOM OF EX TO REPORT WRONGDOING PRESSION AND SECURITY AND PRIVACY s 4ENSIONS BETWEEN THE RIGHT OF ANONYMITY AND POTENTIAL s 3ECURITY REFERS TO THE ABILITY TO PROTECT CUSTOMERS DATA AND SYSTEMS FROM OUTSIDE INTERFERENCE AND UNAUTHORIZED PERSON NEL 0RIVACY REFERS TO THE ABILITY TO PROTECT OR SAFEGUARD PER SONAL INFORMATION AND CONlDENTIALITY 4HE MEDIA SECTOR FACES A SERIES OF COMPLEX AND INTERRELATED ISSUES AROUND SECURITY AND PRIVACY INCLUDING s (OW TO ENSURE THAT INDIVIDUALS PERSONAL DATA AND INFORMA TION IS PROPERLY PROTECTED )N PERHAPS THE MOST HIGH PROlLE CASE PRIVATE PHOTOGRAPHS OF &ACEBOOK FOUNDER -ARK :UCK ERBERG WERE MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE FOLLOWING THE PUBLI CATION OF INFORMATION ON HOW TO CIRCUMVENT &ACEBOOK S
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