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com: Sign up now for a free trial. Date Smarter!Immorality in TelevisionVulgarity in TelevisionIn the early years of television peoplewhere much more sensitive to what was said and took offense to any formof obscene language. Even in the movies it was unacceptable. However, formany the standard for the use of vulgar language has expanded. In manyshows on television vulgar words are used way to often. In many cases unnecessarily.
These words do not bother me in the least. However, there are many parentswith young children who are offended by this. This would not such a bigdeal if only the shows that carried these vulgarities would be shown laterat night, as they where for many years. Also, most of the programs arenot correctly rated to warn of there content. Besides using the basics of the swear wordssome programs take it to a different level.
Instead of using the wordsthemselves they use a form of slang in order to get around the censors. Although these words are not the same as the ones commonly used, they doshare the same meaning. By having these programs use these words they areencouraging the children to use a new language that there parents do notunderstand. And because the parents do not understand the words the childrenthen think it is all right to use profanity. Profanity in television is not so mucha problem as it is an annoyance.
It makes television more interesting towatch and can occasionally make a situation more humorous, but I do notenjoy it when a five-year-old calls their parents a– holes to there face. Rating SystemRecently introduced to all the televisionshows is the new rating system. This system was implemented to warn aboutthe kind of shows on television. The system tells whether the show is tomature for young children. However, does the system still have flaws?Although it does give an idea as to whatthe show contains, it does not tell as to the extent to which it is.
Anexample would be the television show “Strangers with Candy. ” This programis extremely crude with little humor. Normally I enjoy crude humor, butthis show is gross. It contains vulgarity, drug use, and sexually references. And to top it off the show is at 10:00. Shows like this should not be viewedany time.
My point of bringing this up is to show how lose the system is. I believe that it should be remolded to a different, more precise versionof what it is. The current rating system is as follows:TV-Y–This program is appropriate forall children. TV-Y7– Directed to children age sevenand above. May include mild physical or comedic violence, or may frightenchildren under age seven. Categories for programs directed at entireaudience:TV-G– Suitable for all ages.
Containslittle or no violence, no strong language and little or no sexual dialogueor situations. TV-PG. — Parental Guidance Suggested. May contain infrequent coarse language, limited violence and some suggestivesexual dialogue and situations. TV-14– Parents Strongly Cautioned. Maycontain sophisticated themes, sexual content, strong language and moreintense violence.
TV-M– Mature Audiences Only. Unsuitablefor children. May contain mature themes, profane language, graphic violenceand explicit sexual content. Sexually Themes and Drug UseThe limitations of sex in television asfar been expanded since when the television first became popular.
In thepast twenty years shows have been made which prove my point. Lately ontelevision their has been much leniency towards this subject. Shows suchas “N. Y.
P. D. Blues” and “Beverly Hills 90210” constantly try to see howfar the can take a situation before they agitate the censors. Once againit does not bother me to see these things, but when thinking about it Ireally would not approve of my younger sister to see these things. Another blight on television would be theuse of drugs. Unlike vulgarity and sex I really do have a problem withdrug use.
There is really no use for it on television and I would preferto never see it. Although I am totally against it really do think thattheir is a difference between seeing someone spark a joint and watchingthem stick their arms with a dirty needle. It is my opinion that if youngchildren see this they will become curious and want to experiment. Andif this happens they will someday be eating a steady diet of governmentcheese and be living in a van down by the river.
Subliminal Messages in TelevisionAlthough this subject is often overlookedit is a great cause for concern when it is exposed to young children. Subliminalmessages can warp a young child’s mind into thinking that they should dosomething that is subconsciously being placed into their minds. These thoughtsare usually harmless. Most advertisers try to promote there product byeither having an actor rapidly saying the products name or by constantlyshowing pictures of the product. By doing this they are sending messagestoy young minds that they need to have what is their. A good example ofthis would be “Pokemon.
” Because of all the publicity kids feel the needto have what is being shown. The result to this is parents going out andbuying over one-hundred-fifty-one toys of little monsters that their childrenwill forget about in a year. This is exactly what the advertisers wantso they can put out another toy that will have kids begging their parentsfor money. Violence in TelevisionProbably the most talked about subjectwhen it comes to bad-mouthing of television.
This has become a seriousproblem in television. Even in the days of early television violence hasbeen around. However, since those days it has become much worse. Insteadof kids jumping of cliffs thinking they are superman, or hitting each-otherover the head with a frying pan, they are hitting each-other over the headwith a steel chair and choking out their friends like a wrestler. Theiris no real place to put the blame because violence is every where. However,it does not need to be placed on television where it can be broadcast toanyone who wants to watch it.
Unlike the other topics I mentioned I donot think that by only moving the more violent programs to later at nightwould work. This is manly because it would be to difficult as to determinewhat is violent and what is not. By this I mean that people have differentviews as to what they find violent. Some people may find an angry dog chewinga small toy violent enough, while someone else finds decapitation is nothingto loose sleep over. Either way I believe that violence does influencethe young mind, and unfortunatly thier is very little our society can doabout it because we have let the situation get to far out of control.
