Unit 8 Assignment 2

Why are there certain things young people shouldn't watch?

• A child's viewpoint could be warped.
• They will copy what they see.
• They may believe certain factors to be true. 
• They wont be able to understand it. 
• Some films steal children's innocence.

Ethics:

Ethics are what we view as right and wrong and how we perceive things, Ethical is when something is correct and recognised as positive and Unethical is when something is commonly seen as a negative action.

E.g. Killing is wrong but it is ok to kill guilty people. Killing animals for food, vs. testing products on animals. 

Our beliefs and ethics are affected by our upbringing, personal experiences and media. 

What good morals in TV:

From Dexter to Teletubbies, a wide variety of shows use different narratives to teach us right from wrong. Dexter is more complex, delving into religious beliefs; an eye for an eye. 

What programs teach us good Bad morals?

• Ex on the beach
• Geordie shore
• 16 and pregnant
• Breaking Bad
• House of Cards
• Skins
• The Inbetweeners

Big Brother:

What behaviour raises some questions and morals about ethics

This argument is showing bullying, we see its bullying as the camera cuts to all of Jade goodies friends chuckling away and Shilpa Shetty looking victimised and being singled out. Which there's no denying when the viewer is watching it, it makes for good TV. It might seem just like a house argument when its being viewed, HOWEVER, after you watch it and people will talk about it then hits quite hard hitting and abit of a realisation that it wasn't funny and shouldn't of been seen as entertainment, it was plain bullying and knowing what we know now about jade and the situation it was based on race? IF the argument was to happen with a white house member the racial under tone wouldn't be there and the argument wouldn't of been half as bad? We'll never know, but i definitely think that is the case, who knows. 

Why would Channel 4 show this 

Channel 4 showed this clip because they see it as an argument, therefor its a viewing point, people being people they want to see drama and as bad as it sounds people want to see upset and domestics. However, i think people thought this to be over the top (which it was) but channel 4 didn't see it as that bad when they were airing it? They probably thought this is a nice little argument that will spark some controversy and be all over papers and bring attention and viewers to the show, which in all fairness it did. It backfired however because channel 4 got in heaps of trouble and allot of respect was lost for the actual Big Brother show.

What is the reaction for this clip

As bad as it sounds, when i was watching it i obviously thought it was a one sided argument and was wrong however, its enticing? it makes you want to watch. However after it was turned off and we debated and spoke about the clip it makes you think, well....that was actually really awful and over the top. But at the time your just so shocked by whats being said and how heated the argument is over something so small you have to watch it?

Should TV and Film be more ethical + Can TV and Film be blamed for the slipping ethics of society?

Me personally i think TV is fine how it is, we've gone this long with no real issues, obviously there HAS been issues related to TV but 90% of people with common sense wont take after a program they've watched or go out and kill someone because they've seen it on TV. That has happened for example the Jamie Bulger Incident which was 'inspired' from Childs Play 3. But as i said, its such a minority the ratio isn't even close. If you sat 100 people in a room and showed them a show or film that was seen as a negative influence, not one person would go out and repeat something serious like a murder out of it. Its a major minority. But thats just the darker things. There's much simpler things such as Geordie shore trying to represent going out and ruining your liver and sleeping around is this golden life style. So i suppose TV Could be a little more ethical because more people would maybe be a little less encouraged to be morons. However, at the same time. I think people are in control of their own mind and make the choice to be indoctrinated by what they see or hear on TV. However, you can just scrap multi million dollar shows and films just because 5 people out of the millions that watch it go out and do something daft. As far as the slipping of Society goes i think it goes way past whats on TV. You cant blame TV and Film when there's careless parents, drugs, drink and everything else that shapes people into bad/negative beings. If you took a murder and asked him what makes his mind work that way the chances of him saying TV are slim? The chances of him saying his upbringing is allot more realistic and plausible. 

The debate we had where we put things in order of should and shouldn't be seen on TV showed some odd but interesting results. People swung towards not showing abortions on TV, however, they're legal? So why shouldn't it be shown? Things like that seem to be hidden to stop encouraging people to do things like that, BUT its legal? so why? The same goes for execution. People will moan forever and a day for people to be executed and will say "he deserves to be executed" and stuff like that...But wont want it on TV? BUT WHY? If its a legal thing and people want it to happen, people should be prepared for it to be made publicly viewable. Racism and homophobic opinions are on the fence. People want it to be recognised and be made aware and show the negatives but not glamourised which is totally correct. people should know whats said and happens however it shouldn't be shown as positive.

BBFC

The BBFCs rating are slightly shocking...but are they? Its fine saying you can only get away with saying "Twat" and "F***" in a 12 rated film and thats like, oh wow. 12 years old and thats suitable. But then there's 12 year olds that sit in parks drinking cider and being hooligans around their local area... So, is it really to young to have a few swear words? not really in my opinion. I think people see 'kids' as innocent and young and dont know what a swear word is, but in this day and age they're all just as bad as eachother and would surprise allot of people if people actually knew what kids were saying and doing

Clockwork Orange

"Disturbed though we were by the first half of the film, which is basically a statement of some of the problems of violence, we were, nonetheless, satisfied by the end of the film that it could not be accused of exploitation: quite the contrary, it is a valuable contribution to the whole debate about violence".

The whole clockwork orange debate was it was too violent and people thought it was promoting violence and would be copied, also 

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