This document provides a list of key terms, people, and organizations for students to research regarding contemporary media regulation. Some of the main topics included are regulation, free speech, self-regulation, censorship, influential reports on media ethics like the Leveson Report, controversial figures like Julian Assange and Wikileaks, press regulatory bodies in the UK like the PCC and ASA, critiques of the press, and theoretical perspectives on the media like the Marxist position and manufacturing consent.