FCC Looks Into Regulating Violence on TV

The Importance of writes "The FCC's regulation of indecent and profane speech has gotten a lot of attention recently. Now, the FCC is considering getting into the business of regulating violence on television (broadcast and cable/satellite). This isn't unexpected, because the House Commerce Committee ordered the FCC to conduct the study. Notice of Inquiry [PDF] [TXT]. Somehow, I don't think the FCC is going to tell Congress there is nothing they can do about violence on TV."

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They've also looked into censoring web broadcasts

[beee]

There was a report issued in 2002 to determine whether the FCC had jurisdiction over webcasts (internet TV and the like) and whether or not their current TV regulations would apply. It's pretty interesting and their conclusions are somewhat alarming (especially if you oppose regulation on the internet), but it appears not much came of it. You can read the report here: DOC, PDF, or TXT.

Re:Equalising...

[cujo_1111]

However, almost every single teenager in the world is a raging ball of hormones, and seeing T&A on TV only makes them hornier.

In other words, lots of kids will replicate sexual behaviour they see in movies and on TV, but not many will replicate the violent behaviour they observe.

Have you seen the nudity that is broadcast in a lot of European countries? They show breasts in commercials, do they have a massive teenage pregnancy problem? No they don't.

Do you think that it could be possible that restricting nudity could have the opposite effect in controlling teenage pregnancies?

Re:Equalising...

[gwalla]

To be historically accurate, the American attitudes most often called "puritanical" actually had their origin much later, in the Victorian era. Puritanism itself was not, ultimately, that influential in American life--it'd been basically drowned out by secular elements before the Revolutionary War.

Reader beware

[Anonymous Coward]

That quote seems to be fictitious.