We chose to research censorship in today's media because the world has many new forms of online streaming that did not exist a few decades ago. There are different forms of media providers such as iTunes, YouTube, Hulu, Google TV and many more. Our blog is not even being censored or limiting what we are telling you on the web! Our investigation has provided us with information of exactly how these programs limit user access or what users can view or purchase. We also thought it was worth while to compare today's forms of censorship to how this was done a little while back with late-night television. We found ourselves questioning censorship and whether it is effective on a large scale as it intends to be.
In the past, the most known form of censorship in the media involved cable television. Late night TV would and still does show mature rated shows, movies, live stand-up comedians, and much more. A warning or rating would be shown before the show started, informing adults who can then decide whether their children could watch it. This article below talks about the television rating system that developed in the 1990’s. There are two different sides; those who oppose it and those we like the new system. Some think that children are seeing too much sex and violence on TV and that the ratings are not doing anything to stop them from watching these shows that cause “violent adults”. This has developed much in recent history and has become a very complex and controversial topic.
“New TV Ratings: Censorship?” Weekly Reader Corporation: Current Events 97.2 (1997). Web. 4 Oct 2011.
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