Wednesday, 9 February 2011

10. Media Effects, Regulation and Censorship

What issues may there be regarding media effects, regulation or censorship as a result of changes due to new a digital media?

Regulation and censorship

They need to verify the audience's age for particular shows

e.g. BBC iPlayer- when playing a programme with adult content it asks for age to be 16+ and audiences have to agree their age is suitable.

There is also the oppotunity for parent lock, where a password is needed to watch adult content shows. This however only relies on audiences to sign up to it.

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