Thursday, 21 February 2013

Different forms of censorship

Regulative Censorship - carried out by a professional body such as PEGI or the BBFC

Constitutive Censorship - group imposed e.g. dissaproval of something by a group of people, isolating those who don't dissaprove.

Market Censorship - when a store decide not to stock a product as they believe it may offend their customers.

Pre-emptive Censorship - content that is removed before release in anticipation that it may offend or cause concern.

Legislative Censorship - when a law is passed to change the current system to protect certain people from vieweing particular material e.g the Video Recordings Act.

Self Censorship - When we as a viewer decide not to consume something as we don't approve of it or think it is appropriate. Self censorship can also occur when a director of a film or developer of a games decide themselves not to inlcude particular material.

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