BLOG 12 (FILTERING OF CONTENT)
This has been a very difficult topic for me. The questions posted for this blog was how do I feel about the government and companies filtering what goes out today. The second part of the questions was, should it be up to those entities or up to the individual.
On one hand I DO NOT like the idea of the government or a company telling me what I should or should be exposed to on the TV, radio or internet. PERIOD. But, I keep finding reasons that I actually think they should actually filter more.
Let me explain.
To begin, I want to explain that my primary example will be the radio and that I actually believe that over the past 10 years there has actually been an incredible DECREASE in the amount of filtering the FCC is doing when it comes to what is disseminated over the air waves. 10 years ago having an “ALLOWED” swear word or talking/singing about a topic like SEX or drugs (although still done but to a lesser extent) was basically shunned upon. I a believe that since then there has been an incredible increase in blatantly vulgar topics in music on the radio. I have 2 little girls (7 and 3 years old) who I constantly find singing to the radio. Problem is that one day my wife and I started really listening to the lyrics and what our daughters were singing. All I can say is good thing they didn’t know what they were singing about.
Just about every other song we listened to on the POP radio station either had vulgar language or adult content.
So, you can see how I am torn between wanting less filtering but, I don’t want my daughters exposed to adult content.
Our solution was to simply not listen to the radio with our kids in the car. We bought some CD’s and that now what we listen to.
LINK:
Sexist and vulgar: Why is this the music of today?
I have to say I agree. My daughter isn't old enough to sing yet, however that's coming. I'm not excited for the day when she and her friends begin singing to the songs I hear. I'm still not sure how to handle it. On the one hand I don't want her sheltered completely. But on the other I don't want her to sing and believe that those things are ok. Totally get where you're coming from.
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