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| PillowTalk Music Video-by Zayn Malik
We discussed the movie rating system in class on Thursday, and the ambiguous ways it rates or grades the movies that are released in Hollywood. For example, violence and blood can make your rating a PG or PG-13, but sexual innuendos and depictions can quickly change your rating from R to NC-17 making it difficult to get advertisements and brands to help with your budget or release showings in theaters. This rating system is supposed to be run by a group of "average every day American parents" who have children from early childhood to adolescents. We put trust in this group of people to let us know what is okay to show to children and what should be "viewed with discretion". A campaign to apply this same type of rating system to music videos released by artists and bands was proposed by the same "average" every day parents. MTV and VH1 used to rule the airwaves as the place for artists to promote themselves and their music videos. The rise of youtube, vevo, and other video streaming sites allows people to view them over and over again all they want (maybe with a few advertisements here and there). While youtube has a few ways to regulate what they deem explicit content (nudity, sexual content, etc.) to help keep people from viewing offensive and inappropriate videos the group wants the government to put stricter policies on music video producers and artists to reduce the amount of explicit content that could be viewed by young underage teens. In the article by Tracy Veigh, she talks about how while some parents approve of the government stepping in, others are opposed to it arguing that the more bans and rules you enforce on this type of content the more teenagers are going to want to pursue it and view it. She goes on to say that its becoming more impossible to put effective bans on content within the internet due to availability and access teenagers have to anything on the web. I can agree that while explicit ratings like R on movies have the ability to prevent a teenager under 17 to view that movie in the theaters, the internet now makes the possibility of watching that movie online easier. Teenagers and children, if told no, makes that thing more enticing and they will find a way to access that thing. What do you think? Should the government step in and put bans on explicit music videos on the internet?
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Monday, February 1, 2016
Ratings on Music Videos?
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A few of my co-workers were fan girling over this new video this weekend. They showed me the video and it was quite explicit. I don't think the government should put bans on music video because some people would argue that this the artist's way of expressing himself and being artistic. YouTube does make you sign into your account if you are trying to watch an explicit music video to make sure you're over the age of 18. Any kid with a brain could create an account and lie that he is over the age of 18.
ReplyDeleteA few of my co-workers were fan girling over this new video this weekend. They showed me the video and it was quite explicit. I don't think the government should put bans on music video because some people would argue that this the artist's way of expressing himself and being artistic. YouTube does make you sign into your account if you are trying to watch an explicit music video to make sure you're over the age of 18. Any kid with a brain could create an account and lie that he is over the age of 18.
ReplyDeleteI think it's interesting that the argument is that banning the content will only make kids want to get it more. I don't think it's an issue of kids wanting what they can't have, but more just an issue of curiosity. If something is repeatedly blocked on their computer, and they're determined enough, they definitely will find a way to see it. In my opinion that's kind of a weak argument for them to make, though. There are a lot of other, more valid reasons that the government shouldn't restrict artists!
ReplyDeleteIt's easy to move the conversation of music videos from television to the internet, but don't forget that corporate power still rules. In 2013, Forbes released some data when, for a few moments, ALL OF GOOGLE (and its properties) shut down. The total amount of internet traffic dipped 40%! Think about how much control ONE company has over the internet. YouTube and Vevo are both Google-owned, so it's fair to say that Google spends a considerable amount of energy censoring (or not censoring) music videos subjectively.
ReplyDeleteI watched this music video a bunch of times not gonna lie. And it was one of those music videos i almost couldn't watch in public. I remember at one time in the music video a female opens her legs and a flower sprouts out. I agree kids want what they can't have, everyone does. Most people with curly hair ant straight and vis virsa. Though i love the fact that music is not honestly rated, there are little [E] for explicit material but you don't have to be a certain age, or have approval to download it. Its just so you know. Maybe if we treated our movies like that it would be bit better.
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