11 [Duties] to promote media literacy
Communications Act 2003 (2003 c 21) | Legislation

Media literacy

11  [Duties] to promote media literacy

[(A1)     In this section—

(a)     subsection (1) imposes duties on OFCOM which apply in relation to material published by means of the electronic media (including by means of regulated services), and

(b)     subsections (1A) to (1E) expand on those duties, and impose further duties on OFCOM, in relation to regulated services only.]

(1)     It shall be the duty of OFCOM to take such steps, and to enter into such arrangements, as appear to them calculated—

(a)     to bring about, or to encourage others to bring about, a better public understanding of the nature and characteristics of material published by means of the electronic media;

(b)     to bring about, or to encourage others to bring about, a better public awareness and understanding of the processes by which such material is selected, or made available, for publication by such means;

(c)     to bring about, or to encourage others to bring about, the development of a better public awareness of the available systems by which access to material published by means of the electronic media is or can be regulated;

(d)     to bring about, or to encourage others to bring about, the development

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