Television's role in our society !.
is much more powerful than one may realize. Out of the 190 million viewers that television reaches, almost 100 million of them are children. Although regulations on television are relatively good for channels that broadcast through the air, stations that broadcast on cable systems do not have as many restrictions, causing them to contain more cursing and violence.
Profanity is more widely accepted today compared to the past. "The Movie Industry, prior to 1966, did not produce an abundance of films that contained profanity. After this year the profanities in movies became more acceptable and only progressed as the years went on" (Rowe 14). Movies that have become easily available for children to see often contain language that is not acceptable for them to hear. Parents should monitor what their children see at the movies, without relying on the ratings provided by groups such as the Entertainment Research Group; rather they should use more common sense, and their own judgment (Rowe 16). The Movie Industry has a rating system for the movies it produces. "The Movie Industry has become very generous with the ratings they have been giving out over the last ten years. It seems that a movie today with a "PG13" rating would have had an "R" rating 10 years ago" (Levee 8). In today's world, movies seem to be imitating life, or is it the other way around? The violence, profanity and sexual content in movies have its roots in the worst part of our society. In society today it seems that life is imitating art. .
The Federal Communications Commission was instituted to keep profanity and violence off Radio and Television. The FCC prosecutes those who abuse the use of profanity on the air. Radio personality, Howard Stern, was reprimanded by the government for using profanity on his national talk show. The FCC levied a $105,000 fine against a Los Angeles station that broadcasts his show (Levee 8).
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