Regulating contemporary children’s television: how digitisation is re-shaping compliance norms and production practices

Anna Potter

doi:10.1177/1329878X16687400

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Regulating contemporary children’s television: how digitisation is re-shaping compliance norms and production practices

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Regulating contemporary children’s television: how digitisation is re-shaping compliance norms and production practices

Anna Potter

Media International Australia incorporating Culture and Policy, Vol.163(1), pp.20-30

2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1329878X16687400

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children's media

classification

digital television

media policy

production culture

UniSC Diversity Area - Life Stages

Since its inception, the relationship between television and the child audience has been the subject of public concern and regulatory attention. Little is known, however, about the recent impact of digitisation on the unfashionable but influential practice of television compliance, that is, the industry's application of state regulations and broadcasters' own editorial standards to children's programmes. Drawing on extended interviews with broadcasters and producers, this article maps developing trends in UK and Australian compliance systems, focusing on their impact on the children's television produced by public service broadcasters. It demonstrates that multi-platform delivery and dedicated children's channels have caused a re-calibration of compliance standards, encouraging conservatism and risk aversion in programme production. Furthermore, as public service broadcasters abandon their efforts to attract teenage viewers, the live action drama series at which Australian producers have traditionally excelled are far less likely to be commissioned because their content and themes are considered unsuitable for young children.

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Title: Regulating contemporary children’s television: how digitisation is re-shaping compliance norms and production practices
Authors: Anna Potter (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
Publication details: Media International Australia incorporating Culture and Policy, Vol.163(1), pp.20-30
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd.
Date published: 2017
DOI: 10.1177/1329878X16687400
ISSN: 1329-878X
Grants: International Transformations in Children’s Television 2013-18, DE160100313, Australian Research Council (Australia, Canberra) - ARC
Organisation Unit: School of Business and Creative Industries; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Creative Industries - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451095702621
Output Type: Journal article

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