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Issues of content rating system on Russian TV channels
- Authors: Sharikov A.V.1, Proskurnova E.L.2, Kandakzhi L.2
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Affiliations:
- National Research University Higher School of Economics
- Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia
- Issue: Vol 23, No 4 (2018)
- Pages: 428-440
- Section: JOURNALISM
- URL: https://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/20451
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.22363/2312-9220-2018-23-4-428-440
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The article presents the results of an empirical study conducted in January-February 2018, aimed to reveal how Russian television channels are implementing the requirements of the law “On Protection of Children against Information Detrimental to Their Health and Development”. We conducted a review of more than 45,000 broadcasting elements (TV programs, movies, serials, cartoons, etc.), which were aired in early 2018. It turned out that more than half of them did not have any age rating information; also TV channels often used the “16+” mark, although broadcasting elements with it in the interval from 7 AM to 21 PM is a violation of the law; while broadcasting programs rated as “18+” was without any violations. The obtained results allow us to draw a conclusion that this law needs to be improved and the professional training should be held for its competent use in the broadcasting.
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Alexander Vyacheslavovich Sharikov
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Author for correspondence.
Email: asharikov@hse.ru
Professor of the Media Department of the Communications, Media and Design Department of the National Research University “Higher School of Economics”, the academic suprviser of the master program “Media Management”.
20 Myasnitskaya St., Moscow, 101000, Russian FederationEvgeniya Leonidovna Proskurnova
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia
Email: karikh.el@gmail.com
special reporter of TVC Channel
10 Miklukho-Maklaya St., bldg. 2, Moscow, 117198, Russian FederationLina Kandakzhi
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia
Email: kandakzhi@gmail.com
assistant of the Department of Mass Comunications, Faculty of Philology, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University).
10 Miklukho-Maklaya St., bldg. 2, Moscow, 117198, Russian FederationReferences
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