Children ‘think they have to look like porn stars’

Most children are exposed to online pornography by their early teenage years, a study warns.
BBC News Online 11/07/2016
Read more…

BBC won’t get special treatment says Ofcom boss Sharon White

The BBC should “reflect the nation in all its diversity” once its new charter comes into force next year, the head of media regulator Ofcom has told the Guardian.
Media Guardian 11/07/2016
Read more…

Third of TV watching among younger viewers is done via on-demand services

Younger viewers have turned off live TV in their droves with a third of all TV watching among 16 to 24-year-olds now via on-demand services such as the BBC’s iPlayer and House of Cards broadcaster Netflix.
Media Guardian 11/07/2016
Read more…

Channel 4 must not be sold off and it can weather Brexit say peers

A cross-party group of peers has told the government Channel 4 should not be sold off, and that it is financially fit enough to weather the battering media businesses are taking following the Brexit vote.
Media Guardian 11/07/2016
Read more…

ITV denies sex on Love Island was ‘explicit’

ITV is denying that a scene in Love Island showing two contestants having sex was inappropriate. Mediawatch-UK has criticised the programme for “creating a sexual spectacle for young people”.
BBC Newsbeat 05/07/2016
Read more…

Sky ramps up BT battle with ‘UK’s first’ monthly contract-free bundle

Sky has ramped up its battle with BT with the launch of a new version of its Now TV service allowing customers to sign up to monthly pay-TV, broadband and phone bundles without a contract – which the broadcaster claims is the first plan of its kind in the UK.
Media Guardian 05/07/2016
Read more…

Lena Dunham criticises Kanye West’s ‘disturbing’ video featuring ‘naked’ celebrities

Girls actress Lena Dunham says Kanye West’s video for Famous, which features seemingly naked celebrities in bed together, is “disturbing”. The 30-year-old star said Taylor Swift, Rihanna and Anna Wintour had been “reduced to a pair of waxy breasts”. She also said it made her feel “unsafe and worried” for teenage girls.
BBC Newsbeat 01/07/2016
Read more…

Could social media be tearing us apart?

While social networks have allowed the sharing of controversial opinions there remains a worry that they are helping to fuel such views, says Jerry Daykin.
Media Guardian 01/07/2016
Read more…