I also learned that the BARB means the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. It's the organisation that compiles audience measurement and television ratings in the United Kingdom. It was created in 1981 to replace a previous systems whereby ITV ratings were compiled by JICTAR (Joint Industry Committee for Television Audience Research), whilst the BBC did their own audience research. The box records exactly what programs they watch, and the panelists indicate who is in the room watching by pressing a button on a remote control handset. The data is collected overnight and published as overnight ratings at around 9.30 the following morning for use by TV stations and the advertising industry. The following week, final figures are released which are a combination of the overnight figures with "time-shift" figures (people recording a program and watching it within a week). For programmes from December 15, 2014 onwards, BARB has begun publishing viewing figures for a period of 28 days after the original broadcast.

Rajar stands for radio joint audience research and it measures radio audiences in the UK. They are responsible for setting the research specification, the awarding of the research contracts to third party suppliers and the overall quality control , management and delivery of the service. Whilst the Board’s focus is on strategy, governance and decisions of policy, more detailed technical research matters, and where relevant, decision-making, takes place at the meetings of a Technical Management Group (TMG). This group is made up of representatives of the BBC,commercial radio and the advertising community. It was set up in 1992 to align, design and operate a single audience measurement system for the UK radio industry serving both the BBC and licensed commercial stations.

ASA stands for advertising standards authority and is the UK’s independent regulator of advertising across all media. They apply the Advertising Codes, which are written by the Committees of Advertising Practice. Their work includes acting on complaints and proactively checking the media to take action against misleading, harmful or offensive advertisements. Their purpose is to make advertisements responsible and their ambition is to make every UK ad a responsible ad. If they judge an ad to be in breach of the UK Advertising Codes, it must be withdrawn or amended and the advertiser must not use the approach again. Each year they consider over 30,000 complaints about around 20,000 ads.

OFCOM is the communications regulator. They regulate the TV and radio sectors, fix line telecoms, mobiles, postal services, plus the airwaves over which wireless devices operate. Ofcom's main decision making body is the Board, which provides strategic direction for the organisation. It has a Non-Executive Chairman, Executive Directors (including the Chief Executive), and Non-Executive Directors. We make sure that people in the UK get the best from their communications services and are protected from scams and sharp practices, while ensuring that competition can thrive. Ofcom operates under a number of Acts of Parliament, including in particular the Communications Act 2003. Ofcom must act within the powers and duties set for it by Parliament in legislation. The Communications Act says that Ofcom’s principal duty is to further the interests of citizens and of consumers, where appropriate by promoting competition. Meeting this duty is at the heart of everything we do. Accountable to Parliament, we set and enforce regulatory rules for the sectors for which we have responsibility. We also have powers to enforce competition law in those sectors, alongside the Competition and Markets Authority. Ofcom is funded by fees from industry for regulating broadcasting and communications networks, and grant-in-aid from the Government.

Primary research is when you find out new information yourself such as surveys, interviews, observations, and the study of people and culture research. Secondary research is when you find information from different resources and summarise existing research, such as research subjects or experiments.

I've decided to create a fashion magazine that focusses on people with disabilities. I've decided to do this, because i've identified a gap in the market for this type of magazine. Obviously, there are magazines for disabled people, though I believe they are aimed at older people; between late twenties upwards and are usually for parents of disabled children. There's not really a magazine that's aimed at teenagers; which isn't fair as this is when people go through the most amount of changes. I also realised that disabled magazines tend to be quite boring and random; just talks about wheelchairs and then discusses films. This is when I realised that I've never seen a fashion magazine that has had a disabled person on the cover or at least inside the magazine. This is when I created the idea of having a fashion magazine that focusses on disabled people; it will have disabled people in high fashion clothes on the front cover and the content will be focussed on those who are disabled in the fashion industry or those trying to change it. I would probably use both genders on the front cover of the magazine; so it could appeal to both females and males and discuss a range of fashion types so it doesn't just appeal to a specific person.