Role and Effectiveness of Censorship

You need to know: 
* Role of censorship
* How it is conducted 
* Pros and cons of censorship
== Role of Censorship ==
Censorship and the 9 o'clock watershed:
Censorship is stopping the free flow of information. Censorship and the 9 o'clock watershed are restrictions put on TV broadcasting channels to not broadcast violent/sexual/age-inappropriate content on television before 9 o'clock. 
Exam definition: Censorship is preventing information from being viewed (1) that is age inappropriate, violent or sexual. (1) The 9 o'clock watershed is one example. (1) 
== For Censorship ==
There has been some debate over whether or not things should be censored and should the watershed be put in place. Some points for the censorship: 
* Social learning theory shows that children learn through observing, so not exposing them to violence prevents inappropriate learning 
* Bandura found out that children copy violent role models 
* Violence and aggression may cause fear and upset young children 
* Adult viewing may confuse children who do not understand 
== Against Censorship ==
* Censorship restricts people's freedom to choose what they want to watch
* Restricts freedom of speech and legitimate expression of views and ideas 
* Children's viewing is claimed to contain more aggressive acts than adult viewing, watershed is not effective 
* Censorship regulations can be violated by parents, children, peers, so it is not effective anyway at preventing inappropriate viewing by children 
* Aggressive children seek out aggressive TV so censorship is not the issue