REGULATION
REGULATION Regulation is the censorship of media texts such as films, music videos, video games and magazines. It’s designed to organise and rate films so that they can be accessed by the appropriate audience. Regulation is used to protect vulnerable audiences, such as young children, against harmful messages as they are more impressionable and might imitate what they see. Additionally, messages from terrorists that are distributed on the internet may be distressing and too graphic so regulation helps to protect people from harmful messages. In terms of who should be regulating media texts, it’s crucial that it’s someone who is unbiased and doesn’t favour a particular side. Also, those who are in charge of regulating need to be need to be representative of society, meaning they’re diverse in terms of backgrounds, religion or age. When films are being regulated it’s important for them to have multiple viewings so that they understand the message of the film clearly rather than