Regulation

Regulation is a ruling that is decided or set by an authority to protect the public from viewing media that can be very damaging or inappropriate. Every film has a BBFC rating which differentiates the level of intensity for different types of audiences. For example, a violent slasher with sex and drug references is going to be rated around 18 and over because that is what's considered damaging media to younger viewers. Every form of media has to be regulated as they all have the same violent things (e.g. video games, music videos, TV shows).  The BBFC regulates video games as video games can be seen as films that are playable and are in your control. Video games are getting more realistic and graphic with the content (e.g. shooter games such as Call of Duty, Battlefield etc have guys running and gunning) and that type of content is regulated to stay away from children because to them, they can't be exposed to that type of content. The BBFC also regulate music videos as some music videos have a lot of nudity which is considered explicit and is not to be exposed to children. Also, some of the music will be censored if it has swear words or some sort of profanity. Some would agree that we can't just have one regulator because his right and wrong is going to be different from everyone else. One could argue that we shouldn't regulate as much as because we shouldn't hide from the truth, the reality of the world. The BBFC regulates many forms of media to protect the vulnerable from harmful and inappropriate content (e.g. a victim of war would not like to play shooter games). Also, they probably don't want criminal activity to increase because of the influence of media as a whole.