What issues may there be regarding media effects and /or regulation/ censorship as a result of changes due to new and digital media?

What issues may there be regarding media effects and /or regulation/ censorship as a result of changes due to new and digital media?

It may be argued that there is no regulation on the internet, for example the pornography, although the internet is supposed to be regulated there tends to be little censorship on what is available for the people that use the internet. People of all ages can access pornography websites, even if there is a safety mode on the internet on a home computer. It is also possible on social networking sites for revealing images to be available for people to look at, however this may be down only to the website itself for example Facebook have blocked and banned any images of the body part that is remotely revealing such as breast feeding. However there has been arguments and oppositions to this because the Facebook users feel that banning images such as that and not violent pictures, for example ""deep flesh wounds" and "crushed heads, limbs" are OK" that "sex is banned but gore is acceptable" 


http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/feb/21/facebook-nudity-violence-censorship-guidelines

However, some will argue that the internet is regulated, perhaps not as much as it should be but it does what can be handled. With regulation increasing, many people revolt against it with outcries that our freedom is being taken away, but contradict themselves when they see something they think should be regulated. A recent story about Rio Ferdinand and Katie Price arised involving the ASA, as it appeared that they were indirectly advertising to the people of twitter. Unusual tweets about knitting by Ferdinand caused a stir amongst the users of twitter when it was revealed in the 5th text that he was advertising and promoting Snickers. With users saying that consumers were being misled because of the oddity of the tweets, and ASA who "has never investigated or ruled on advertising on Twitter, received two complaints that it was not obvious that the tweets were marketing communications by Mars"because of the complaint ASA had to begin to regulate what was being advertised on Twitter where before it wasnt. Also a similar story arise from Katie Price 


http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/mar/07/snickers-twitter-campaign-watchdog

Consider the effects so far, and possible effects in the future, on media institutions involved in your case study

Consider the effects so far, and possible effects in the future, on media institutions involved in your case study 

Facebook is an institution that is growing everyday, it has been the centre for joining and reuniting people back together such as friends who have not been in contact for years, this is very appealing to the users because it allows them to begin communicating with old friends and aids people who live in different countries, allowing them to keep in touch. With Facebook reaching 845 million users by the end of December 2011 compared to 500 million as the start of 2011, showing that Facebook is continually growing and looks to continue to grow. 


however Facebook may implement even more negativity for the society, being the cause of the arab spring, cyber bullying and the cause of the problem in most relationships, this could make Facebook unpopular amongst a range of people. for example the older generation such as parents, many are against Facebook because of the threats of bullying against children, of which has caused many suicides and have created many devastating situations for families. 
http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/21610/14-Fantastic-New-Facebook-Infographics-in-2011.aspx


as Facebook begin to change their layouts of the sites there have been many complaints about the changes. for example when it undertook a major change many Facebook users began to complain and migrated to the new google+ which gave them the chance to increase their users. it seems that every time Facebook choose to make changes, their users have not taken it lightly and often tend to revolt against, any future changes could cause even more people to leave Facebook for another new net working site. the newest layout has been the timeline, however, this time they have given the users that choice on whether they want to change it to the new layout or leave it as the old which has appealed to many people and managed to keep the users.