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Mass Media | The V-Chip Will Not Protect Children From Television Violence
Notice to all politicians, interest groups and citizens who are endorsing the V-chip as a way to reduce sex and violence on TV: The long-term effect of the requirement to rate television programming will be to make shows more violent and explicit.
Theoretically, a program rated for objectionable content would be blocked from view on a V-chip-equipped TV set unless overridden by the viewer. Let’s look at movies to see what happens to content under a rating system.
THE R RATING
An “R” rating is given to a movie with a certain level of sex, violence and/or...
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Chapter 4
- Chapter 4 Preface
- Internet Pornography Should Be Regulated
- Internet Pornography Should Not Be Regulated
- Libraries Should Not Regulate Internet Access
- Libraries Should Regulate Internet Access
- Self-Rating Of Internet Sites Will Not violate Free Speech
- Self-Rating Of Internet Sites Will violate Free Speech
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Chapter 5
- Chapter 5 Preface
- The V-Chip Will Protect Children From Television Violence
- The V-Chip Will Not Protect Children From Television Violence
- Television Ratings Will Protect Children From Violence
- Television Ratings Will Not Protect Children From Violence
- Requiring More Hours Of EducatIonal Television Will Benefit Children
- Requiring More Hours Of Educational Television Will Not Benefit Children
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