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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