Media Rating

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Our society is more involved in media use than ever before. Ratings are no longer restrictive or helpful. However, the problem with media ratings lies in the blame parents try to inflict upon video game, movie, and television companies. Parents alone have the responsibility of senoring what their children see. First, companies make an immense amount of profit from movie releases, game sales, and television airings. Unless the amount of money brought in changes the companies will have no reason to change their methods. Second, parents need to rely on more than just ratings if they want a truly accurate portrayal of what material their children may be subject to. Finally, even if the rating changes the actual content in question will remain …show more content…

Movies and games with large quantities of violence, pornographic or sexual content, and profanity would not be produced if they did not bring in a gargantuan amount of money.According to boxofficemojo.com studios make about fifty-five percent of the final gross income. Considering annual box office profits produce millions of dollars the media industry is very profitable. Parents need to realize that those who are making a lot of money will not be inclined to alter their methods of success. Unless people stop watching these movies, playing these games, or reviewing these shows the content or rating of such will remain the same. Many may argue that it is the government's job to decide what things should be rated and it is true the government can certainly play a crutial part in what is shown on screens. However, once the government starts limiting and restricting what is allowed they begin to infringe upon the first ammendment right of free …show more content…

Certainly it is not enough to demand ratings be changed because no matter how drastically the rating changes the inappropriate content will not. Companies may comply and change a rating to a different age audience. Will that actually alter the content the movie, game, or show in question displays? It will absolutely not change. Of course there is material that is highly inappropriate for anyone-children or adults. Parents alone have the responsibility to sensor what their children see. "Where there are rules, often they aren't enforced or they apply only to how many hours children watch TV, not to content. In each medium, there is a circular argument. Parents look to producers and the government for guidelines and regulations, the government looks to the producers and the industry to self-censor, and producers expect parents to make their own decisions regarding their

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