Should TV adverts have age ratings?
In my opinion, i would say that TV adverts should not bother with age ratings because i don't think the person would be bothered to stand up and actually leave the room when a TV advert is age 12A or 15. Also, most disturbing or not age appropriate TV adverts would not be on at times when children are watching TV. For example, in the morning when kids go and watch programs or during the evening when they are about to go bed, no company is just going to put inappropriate adverts on, so that the children can see. This is one of the reasons for why they shouldn't be bothered to put on age restrictions.
However, some people may agree on putting on age restrictions on certain TV adverts because they might think that adverts like trailers or even ones when people are shown dead because of car accidents and smoking, the reason for this is because parents don't want their child watching these kind of things. For example, if a trailer comes on and it's age 15 and there is swearing and violent scenes; parents don't want their child mirroring the actions that other people are doing and if they do learn the things that are shown on TV, they could go to school and start being a bad influence on the other students and start getting into trouble. This could be a reason for why people do want age restrictions on TV adverts.
This is one of the adverts that the ASA had to ban off UK TV because they had complaints that it was too revealing for young children, so because of this complaint they had to take off the advert from the TV.
In my opinion, i would say that there is no point to have age restrictions on TV ads and trailers because people will not have the time to turn the channel and young children will not even know what the ad will be about or won't even understand the trailer that comes on. That's why I say that there would be no point for there to be age restrictions on ads and trailers.
However, some people may agree on putting on age restrictions on certain TV adverts because they might think that adverts like trailers or even ones when people are shown dead because of car accidents and smoking, the reason for this is because parents don't want their child watching these kind of things. For example, if a trailer comes on and it's age 15 and there is swearing and violent scenes; parents don't want their child mirroring the actions that other people are doing and if they do learn the things that are shown on TV, they could go to school and start being a bad influence on the other students and start getting into trouble. This could be a reason for why people do want age restrictions on TV adverts.
This is one of the adverts that the ASA had to ban off UK TV because they had complaints that it was too revealing for young children, so because of this complaint they had to take off the advert from the TV.
In my opinion, i would say that there is no point to have age restrictions on TV ads and trailers because people will not have the time to turn the channel and young children will not even know what the ad will be about or won't even understand the trailer that comes on. That's why I say that there would be no point for there to be age restrictions on ads and trailers.
