Evaluate The Relevance Of Livingstone And Lunts Theory Of Regualtion To Long Form Television Drama

Livingstone and Lunt’s theory of regulation argues that traditional regulation is being put at risk by increasingly globalized media industries, the rise of digital media and media convergence. The UK traditional media has government laws and regulation bodies put in place to regulate content that is broadcast to the public such as ofcom and the bbfc. However, the new media companies such as Netflix are globalized meaning that it makes it very difficult for the government to regulate because of the use of proxy servers and vpn which allow government regulations to be bypassed this puts traditional regulation at risk as media is becoming more difficult to regulate. This theory applies to stranger things because as of early 2018 the EU wanted to introduce new laws that breakdown geographical barriers for online subscription services like Netflix. This will give flexibility to customers and may persuade them to use services such as Netflix because of the increased accessibility. This type of accessibility challenges traditional regulation as it is breaking down the reginal laws regarding content to ensure it is accessible. This theory can also be applied to the killing because it was regulated to the standard of that of Danish tv producers DR however when it was purchased by amazon to air on amazon prime that opens it up to the whole world regardless of it meets that countries regulation standard as there are multiple ways in which these regulations can be bypassed through the internet. This disregards traditional media regulations as the globalized media industries introduce a new place of less regulated content.