Media Regulation
Activity 7.7 - following the instructions provided, create a visual of the information in the table (take a photo of a chart you create/create using Canva or some other platform and post as a photo). Post your photo and your response to question #2 in a well-developed paragraph and title the blog: MEDIA REGULATION
1.a. What process do media texts go through in order to achieve an age rating?
Film Ratings - Motion Picture Association (motionpictures.org)
Ratings Guide (filmratings.com)
"Ratings are determined by the Classification and Ratings Administration (CARA), via a board comprised of an independent group of parents."
The age ratings are assigned by considering factors such as violence, sex, language, and drug use.
1.b. What content are audiences subjected to for each age rating?
MPAA Ratings Guide | Marshall Cinema
G: This rating is for general audiences who are subjected to a media text that may include language used in impolite conversation but are common daily expressions, and minimal, if any, depictions of violence. There is no nudity, sex, stronger language or use of drugs.
PG: This rating suggests parental guidance as the content of the media text may include some profanity, some depictions of violence, brief nudity, but no drug use.
PG-13: This rating strongly cautions parents as the media text may include content that's inappropriate for children under 13. This rating includes drug use; more brief nudity but not in the sexual context; depictions of violence but not realistic, extreme, or persistent; and only one scene of sexually derived words but only as an expletive.
R: This rating is restricted for children under 17 and require the company of a parent or legal guardian in order to view the media text. The content in this rating typically includes adult themes, adult, activity, hard language, intense or persistent violence, sexually oriented nudity, drug abuse etc.
NC-17: No one 17 and under is allowed to view the media text. This rating typically includes violence, sex, aberrational behavior, drug abuse and other elements that most parents would consider off-limits for viewing by their children.
1.c. Find an example of a media text for each age rating.
G: Princess and the Frog
PG: Harry Potter: The Sorcerer's Stone
PG-13: The Avengers (2012)
R: Deadpool
NC-17: Blonde
TV:
Video Games:
News: They do not have age ratings.
2. Compare the regulation in your country with that of another. To what extent does the political, social, and cultural context of a country impact regulation? How does each country ensure that media content is moral, ethical, and accurate?
I will be comparing media regulations in the USA and China. In the USA, the First Amendment to the Constitution allows freedom of the press. this, of course, has its limits. American regulations strive to protect individuals from harm such as media outlets not being allowed to publish or broadcast anything considered as slander. They also cannot publish government classified materials. However, in China, while its citizens are also granted freedom of speech and press, the authorities are allowed to take down anything by claiming that it would endanger the country. They practice censorship of anything media text that the authorities would consider harmful to their political or economic interests. Politically, China experiences more censorship. Socially,
References:
How Is Mass Media Regulated in the US? - A-State Online (astate.edu)
Media Censorship in China | Council on Foreign Relations (cfr.org)
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