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Saturday, March 14, 2009

Poll Results (Week 8)

Do you think rating service is worth being implemented?

62.5% of the respondents agreed that rating service should be implemented because it is very helpful for users to know the rating of the content before viewing it.
37.5% of the respondents agreed that rating service should be implemented because because the users do not really care about the rating and just view it.

From poll analysis, this can be concluded that the majority preferred the implementation of rating service. Rating service gives people a better insight of how appropriate content would be for them. Especially for the parents, rating service would guide the parents to allow their children to either view the movie or not. For instance, in Malaysia, the current rating system states that viewer below 18 are forbidden to watch films or online issues that content excessive violent and horrifying scenes; non-excessive sex scenes or drug use and religious , political or mature telematic elements.
A few of the respondents felt that the rating service should not be implemented because most of them pay no interest on rating systems. Some state that the rating system would hinder the students to learn new things. Teenagers should be exposed to the world to prepare them for the future. Well, in this point parents play an important role to explain the significance of the actions in the movie to avoid confusion.
For me, I'll definitely support rating system. My little cousin desperately wanted to watch the 18SG horror movie. From that day onwards, I had to accompany her especially going to the washroom. The mind of a child is too fragile to accept such horrifying violence and murder.
What is your opinion?

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB)

Hello friends, once again I’m back with another part of a content rating for the entertainment part. Earlier I discussed about the general rating service for the internet which is mostly used for publishing purpose. Where as for the entertainment part it differs a little.

As all of us know, entertainment is a part of our life. Right?
No entertainment! No life! =)
Entertainment are getting so involved into explicit elements like violence and some sex elements. The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) rating is intended to provide concise and impartial information about the content in computer games so users can be informed on the rating before using it.


Image of ESRB Rating Symbols
http://www.esrb.org/ratings/ratings_guide.jsp

When users mainly parents who want to be secure their childrens from being exposed to explicit elements, they should adapt the habit of verifying the rating before using it. Practicing this habit will help to reduce the risk of kids and teenagers to be influenced by immorality elements.

Hope my post on how the rating is done in the entertainment part is helpful. So, do you verify the rating of the content before using it? Do share with us your thoughts. Have a great day.
References:
Entertainment Software Rating Board official website,
[Online], Retrieved 11th March 2009

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Global Voices Advocacy

This week I will talk about Global Voices Advocacy..Did anyone heard about it before?? I myself never heard about it before!!! Global Voices Advocacy is a global anti-censorship network of bloggers and online activists throughout the developing world that is dedicated to protecting freedom of expression and free access to information online.

The purpose of this network is to raise awareness of online freedom of speech issues, and to share tools and tactics from activists and bloggers facing censorship on different parts of the globe. Moreover, Global Voices Advocacy is not only provide support to its members but it also produce educational guides about anonymous blogging, anti-censorship campaigns, and online organizing. This network collaborates with software developers, activists, and bloggers to design new and more appropriate tools to protect our rights on the internet.

The director of Global Voices Advocacy is Sami ben Gharbia, a Tunisian free speech advocate and blogger based in the Netherlands. Global Voices Advocacy will publishes daily news updates on freedom of speech struggles on the internet worldwide. Besides that, everything on this website is free for republication in both commercial and non-commercial media with attribution. What do you think of this website?? Feel free to comment about it.. =)

References:
Global Voices Advocacy official website, About, [Online], Retrieved 3 March 2009,
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