Censorship in TV Programs and Films

1
Censorship in TV Programs and Films

• What are the advantage and disadvantage using
  censorship in TV programs and Films?

2
Objectives

• Fully analyze the usage of censorship in TV
  programs and Films, and answer the question
  whether having censorship is good or bad.
• Know what censorship means, and the purpose of
  having censorship in Films and TV programs.

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What is Censorship?

• Definition
• Censorship is the control of the information
  and ideas circulated within a society.

Ess, Miss. "Indy Arts' Censorship Panel in San
Francisco tonight - free at the Amoeblog." Amoeba
Music The World's Largest Independent Record
Store. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 May 2011.
lthttp//www.amoeba.com/blog/2009/02/jamoeblog/indy
-arts-censorship-panel-in-san-francisco-tonight-fr
ee.htmlgt.
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TV Programs Advantage

• Censorship reduces negative influences, and
  hence, inappropriate behavior as well.

Carter, Melissa. "How To Tell If Your Kid Is An
A-Hole." The Bert Show Real. Funny.. N.p., n.d.
Web. 10 May 2011. lthttp//thebertshow.com/how-to-t
ell-if-your-kid-is-an-a-hole/gt.
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TV Programs Advantage

• Censorship can also be used to minimize impact
  of national disputes.

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TV Programs Disadvantage

• Hides truth to control society.
• Creates the demand for truth.

Lancaster, Dave. "Charlie Chaplin's The Great
Dictator (Blu-ray) - DVD review." Supanet
homepage - a free portal of daily news content.
N.p., n.d. Web. 10 May 2011. lthttp//www.supanet.c
om/entertainment/dvds-in-review/charlie-chaplins-t
he-great-dictator-blu-ray-27419p1.htmlgt.
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TV Programs Disadvantage

• Some organizations are purely profit based, and
  sometimes censorship have only minimal effect.
• Due to public demand of entertainment,
  governments have limited control over what
  they decide to show.

8
TV Programs Disadvantage

• There is in the human heart--and especially the
  male heart--a natural love of hard-fisted courage
  and bloody justice of the Viking ideal.

9
Film Ways to Censor Films

• Rating System

M - Unrestricted
R - Restricted
PG - Unrestricted
Film Labels Censorship Office of Film and
Literature Classification. Photograph. Homepage
Office of Film and Literature Classification.
Web. 11 May 2011. lthttp//www.censorship.govt.nz/c
ensorship/censorship-film-labels.htmlgt.
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Film Censorship Advantage

• Imposes the values of certain people
• Experiment done by Professionals
• - The Fire Within
• - Its My Party

Its My Party (1997)
The Fire Within (1963)
It's My Party Poster. Photograph. Amazon.com
Online Shopping for Electronics, Apparel,
Computers, Books, DVDs More. Web. 11 May 2011.
lthttp//www.amazon.com/Its-Party-Special-Eric-Robe
rts/dp/B00008R9KDgt.
The Fire Within (1963) - EuTorrents, European
Movies Torrents. 2010. Photograph. EuTorrents -
European Movies, Music and TV Drama Torrent
Downloads English Subtitles, French, German,
Spanish, Dutch, Italian. 8 June 2010. Web. 11 May
2011. lthttp//www.eutorrents.com/french-movies/201
0/the-fire-within-1963.htmlgt.
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Film Censorship Advantage

• BBFC (British Board of Film Censorship) England
• - The Coroners and Justice Act 2009
• - The Human Rights Act 1998
• - The Public Order Act 1986

BBFC Logo. 2009. Photograph. Gamer Limit - No
Borders. No Boundaries. All Games. 1 July 2009.
Web. 11 May 2011. lthttp//gamerlimit.com/2009/07/t
he-legacy-of-the-bbfc-and-the-way-forward/gt.
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Film Censorship Disadvantage

• Office of Film Literature classification New
  Zealand
• UMR Research
• - 10, A bit too Strict
• - 1, Much too Strict
• There are some movies that I know of that
  havent been allowed for us to see because of the
  censor chief it just gives us an incentive to
  download the movies illegally.

Office of Film and Literature Classification
Logo. 2011. Photograph. Homepage Office of Film
and Literature Classification. 10 May 2011. Web.
11 May 2011. lthttp//www.censorship.govt.nz/gt.
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Significance

• Twilight
• Language
• Tone
• Superbad
• Reason for censoring

"Twilight." Emotional Roller Coaster . 10 Dec.
2008. Web. 11 May 2011. lthttp//uncontrollable.tis
tory.com/108gt.
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• Conclusion

15
Quiz Time

• Which act does BBFC enforce to prohibit play a
  image or sound that are threatening, abusive, or
  insulting?
• Among the rating system, what does PG represent?
• What is Censorship?
• What is one DISADVANTAGE of censorship in TV
  programs?
• What is one ADVANTAGE the professionals found in
  the experiment of showing two censored Film?

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Work Cited

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  Office of
• Film and Literature Classification. Web. 11 May
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  ensorship-film-labels.htmlgt.

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• "Going Too Far? ." EBSCO HOST. N.p., 27 Aug.
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• It's My Party Poster. Photograph. Amazon.com
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Work Cited

• The Fire Within (1963) - EuTorrents, European
  Movies Torrents. 2010. Photograph. EuTorrents
  Eur opean Movies, Music and TV Drama Torrent
  Downloads English Subtitles, French, German,
  S panish, Dutch, Italian. 8 June 2010. Web. 11
  May 2011. lthttp//www.eutorrents.com/frenc h-movie
  s/2010/the-fire-within-1963.htmlgt.
• "Twilight." Emotional Roller Coaster . 10 Dec.
  2008. Web. 11 May 2011. lthttp//uncontrollable.tis
  t ory.com/108gt.