- guidelines for what is suitable or harmful for children - protects them
- does screen/reduce number of younger people seeing inapproprate/explict material
- as its reguired by law has more power and influence than guidelines
- reputable source which is relatively unbiased and representative
- is keeping updated and moving with current issues
- open information on how classified material
- makes a judgement over what is suitable for children to see
- takes control and responsibility out of parents hand which can lead to disagreement over what is suitable
- quite subjective boundaries between categories
- pressumes that people are scared by different things at different ages rather than on personal experience and individuality
- impossible to prove potential harm - hard to prove potential harm for anything
- whilst information on the classification gap is publised freely is not well known about
Arguments
- is age a good variable for what exposure people should get
- should responsibility lie with the parents or government? should BBFC be guidelines rather than law
- are there too many or too few gategories
- wheter realism/realistic effects should be judged more, less or equally as harshly as real life action
- are age ratings for lower children for the benefit of the children or the adults who take them
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