Violence Doesn't Even Make List of Top FCC Complaints
By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 5/9/2007 10:10:00 AM
There were fewer than 1,106 complaints about TV violence in all of the fourth quarter of 2006 according to the FCC's most recent figures.
Violence did not even make the list of top programming complaints to the commission, which did include complaints about indecency/profanity and obscenity, as well as in two catch-all categories for general criticisms.
The FCC has recently said there was a TV violence problem and suggested Congress should give it the power to regulate violent programming.
In its quarterly complaint report released Wednesday, the FCC did not break out the number of complaints for violence--FCC spokesman Clyde Ensslin was unable to provide a breakout of violence complaints at press time. But that absence means there were not enough complaints to make the list of top radio and TV programming complaints, the lowest number of which was 1,106 for a category simply labeled "general criticism."
One argument is that the FCC doesn't have the ability to regulate violence, which could discourage complaints from being lodged. But, also according to the FCC, over a third of the TV shows that had indecency complaints filed against them for the first half of 2006 were cable programs, which the commission doesn't regulate either.
It was not clear whether critical comments in an open docket on the TV violence issue were counted in that complaint total, though that would only add a few dozen at most.
Meanwhile, consumer complaints to the FCC about obscenity, indecency and profanity, dropped precipitously from the third to the fourth quarters of 2006, though it was still the top category in number of complaints to the commission.
For the fourth quarter of 2006, 30,962 indecency/profanity or obscenity complaints were lodged, compared to 162,170 the previous quarter. Almost all the fourth-quarter complaints came in October (29,821), with only 835 complaints in November and 306 in December. The totals can include duplicate complaints sent to different parts of the agency, so the totals may even be smaller than that.
Although the FCC did not break out the violence complaints, under the "programming issues" category in its quarterly complaint release it lists "indecency/profanity, loud commercials, religious programming, violence, and general content criticism"; then, in a chart breaking out the number of top complaints, it gives figures for only "general criticism" (1,106); the indecency/profanity figure of 30,962; and "other programming issues," which may or may not be a collective category for violence, religious and loud commercials--the FCC was checking at press time--with only a total of 1,236 for the quarter for that category.
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You sounds like 'you know evertyhing' & malaysia is superpower.
ERIK - 5/11/2007 12:15:00 PM EDT -
Why is TV always blamed for any incidents?
If movie are the cause of Violence almong the community, The same movie are shown in Canada and the rest of the world,
Professor Jonathan Freedman arguably the leading academic voice in North America, in his discussion "Children in Canada and the United States watch virtually the same television content. Yet, the murder rate in Canada , and the rate of violence in general, is much lower than in the United States .
The Japan watch probably the most violent, the most lurid and graphic television in the world, and the rate of violent crime there is minuscule compared to Canada and the United States ."on solutions to media violence,
Professor Jonathan Freedman arguing there's no proven connection between violent entertainment and violent behavior: that the games you play and the TV you watch will not, in fact, make you or your friends into sociopaths.
Let us study the cause of violent, suicide and depression in minority community. Depression is a leading cause of suicide. Fortunately, depression is treatable. Suicide is preventable. Depression can overwhelm a person creating feelings of hopelessness and helplessness. Some of the events why people suicide and which can trigger depression are:
• a failed romance
• poor academic performance
• financial difficulties
• low self-esteem
• Lack of leadership and powerlessness in the community
• Failure in Career and career options
• unreasonable expectations by peers, parents and teachers
If a girl's biological parent has committed suicide, she is 4-5 times as likely to make a suicide attempt. If a girl's sibling has committed suicide, she is 11 times more likely to try to kill herself.
Get the fact right before giving any statements; let us not talk about problem than resolve it. Do not victimize or use TV as punching bag
Please again Don’t Blame the TV media.
The Fact: From my experience and observation:
When I was in Japan, the Japanese are honest and hardworking people
When I was in Germany, the German are dedicated people.
When I was in England the English wants authority,
And each country has some kind influence from the language on the people’s behavior.
One of the main factor is the Language that influence the behavior of the people
If you learn Japanese, You learn honest and hardworking.
If you learn English, you learn authority.
Conclusion:
While you learn and speak Tamil properly, the benefit is you will learn everything, Tamil teaches honesty, teach how to survive.
Ellamaran - 5/11/2007 12:20:00 AM EDT
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