Censorship is something done to protect the audience and the general demo-graph from certain things, or from a political and a government standpoint, its for propaganda purposes. Although the film industry is not relevant to my field of study, I do agree with one of my colleagues when he said "censorship is arrogance". In the region we live in, the government censors some films that features sexual content, like the Wolf of Wall Street, which was cut-down to about 45 minutes or so. When my colleague said "censorship is arrogance", I feel like the government or the film committee that is in charge of the cinemas and media content, are censoring a topic which everyone will go through, sexual intercourse. People need to be educated, and education avoids actions that were meant to be censored.
Alongside this statement, my colleague also added "education avoids things that the people were not meant to do". He also included an example to support his statement: "If you were to tie a dog to a post, and put meat in-front of him and out-of-reach, the dog will want to go for it even more, just like censorship, however, we try to find a loop hole, a VPN. However, this has massive penalties, which can include deportation and fines."
In terms of the gaming industry, there are some games that have been censored, or some have been re-made for their audience, with some parts of the game being changed or simply blocked. An example would be the Watch Dogs series, both 1 and 2. It is banned in the Gulf region for featuring culture sensitive content, and some say that it would "encourage people to hack".
I can understand a game or a film that has been censored due to political reasons, extreme violence and all, but sexual content, I believe, shouldn't be banned, but the people should be educated. I believe that the "age group" is not determined by the actual number itself, but I believe that it is used to measure maturity, and intelligence an individual has.
Reference:
No Watch Dogs 2 release at listed Gulf countries because "cultural sensitive content". (2016, October 11). Retrieved July 15, 2017, from http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1311666
Alongside this statement, my colleague also added "education avoids things that the people were not meant to do". He also included an example to support his statement: "If you were to tie a dog to a post, and put meat in-front of him and out-of-reach, the dog will want to go for it even more, just like censorship, however, we try to find a loop hole, a VPN. However, this has massive penalties, which can include deportation and fines."
In terms of the gaming industry, there are some games that have been censored, or some have been re-made for their audience, with some parts of the game being changed or simply blocked. An example would be the Watch Dogs series, both 1 and 2. It is banned in the Gulf region for featuring culture sensitive content, and some say that it would "encourage people to hack".
I can understand a game or a film that has been censored due to political reasons, extreme violence and all, but sexual content, I believe, shouldn't be banned, but the people should be educated. I believe that the "age group" is not determined by the actual number itself, but I believe that it is used to measure maturity, and intelligence an individual has.
Reference:
No Watch Dogs 2 release at listed Gulf countries because "cultural sensitive content". (2016, October 11). Retrieved July 15, 2017, from http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1311666
The topic has been outlined very well, the post reads easy and gives us different views on censorship. A missed opportunity is to outline the issue at hand from the point of view of the regulators as it follows a very strict point of view and makes the regulators sound unfair and out of proportion. The post has a very strong structure and shows strong vocabulary, I do believe the word choice does not fit in with the target audience but overall this is well written.
ReplyDeleteThere's a good overall opinion about how you feel and understand censorship in games, there's good facts about certain games that have gone through the censorship act like Watch Dogs 1 and 2. Although I feel that the conclusion could've been improvised by changing the language used.
ReplyDeleteAlso remember to include an in-text citation wherever you've used the reference and italicize the title of the article in the actual "References" section. Otherwise, the post overall has good understanding and grasp of censorship in today's time.
Your post has started very succinctly, you showed how censorship affects government. A lot of examples have been given. Good job
ReplyDeleteCensorship is explained thoroughly in this topic of yours, Well done on giving out examples and explaining how they reflect on censorship.
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