Funding and regulation — Eduqas GCSE Media Studies C680
Eduqas GCSE Media Studies · C680
Funding and regulation
Media industries
What you need to know
Funding models: government funded (such as the BBC licence fee), not-for-profit, and commercial (advertising, sales, subscriptions and in-game purchases).
Regulation: why the media are regulated and by whom, including Ofcom for broadcasting, IPSO for the press, the BBFC for film and PEGI age ratings for video games, which the Video Standards Council applies in the UK, and the difference between statutory and self-regulation.
The challenges digital technologies bring: online content that crosses borders, global platforms, user-generated content and age limits that are hard to enforce.
Short recall answers, such as naming a regulator or a funding model in a one-mark question.
The set products for 2027 and 2028 exams are the Vogue and GQ covers; the Man with the Golden Gun and No Time to Die posters; the Guardian of 18 January 2022 and the Sun of 1 January 2021 (2027 exams only), then the Guardian of 6 May 2025 and the Sun of 22 March 2025 (2028 exams); the Quality Street and NHS 111 adverts; the Sun, Desert Island Discs, No Time to Die and Fortnite for industries and audiences; Trigger Point with The Sweeney, or Man Like Mobeen or Modern Family with Friends; and Lizzo or Taylor Swift, Stormzy or Justin Bieber, and Rio or Waterfalls. This Girl Can, The Archers and Luther were last set for 2026 exams, so past questions on them are practice only.
