Only 3% of UK's TV oglers want more sex
Ofcom study finds smut, violence and swearing all in fine fettle
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Ofcom has been polling viewers about television standards, finding that most seem happy with how things are, even if they aren't entirely clear how the current state of play is maintained.
The figures come from Ofcom (PDF, lots of numbers), which asked 1,700 people their opinions, then repeated the process with another 1,700 people six months later to avoid seasonal distortion, discovering that 3 per cent of UK television viewers think there should be more sex on TV, 41 per cent think that internet content is regulated, and 25 per cent of PVR owners don't use them.
The number of people who think there should be more sex has dropped, from 6 per cent in 2001, but the vast majority (66 per cent) are happy with the levels of naughtiness on the telly. In fact viewers seem remarkably content with the regulatory process, with the nine o'clock watershed (before which all TV shows have to be kiddie-friendly) being recognised by 96 per cent of viewers, and considered appropriate by 77 per cent.
Fifty-two per cent know that broadcasters' Video on Demand services are regulated, which is good news for ATVOD (the VoD regulator), whose existence seems to come to as a surprise to most people, but that good news is slightly tempered by the 41 per cent of the population who believe internet content in general is regulated, with only 44 per cent believing it needs more regulation.
Internet content is regulated in the UK, just about. Most ISPs subscribe to the Internet Watch Foundation list, but that only covers the worst of the worst and is probably not what the respondents were referring to. Individual services such as YouTube will take down the most offensive of content, once a complaint has been received, but that's by choice, not regulation.
But Ofcom's study is really about TV, the primary source of news for 80 per cent of poor people (C2DE), and 72 per cent of everyone else (ABC1), which is only offending small numbers of folk. The older generation (above 65), unsurprisingly, think TV isn't as good as it was when they were young, though the majority seem pretty happy with the content they're getting on the goggle box.
Not that they care much – back in 2007 offensive content would cause 42 per cent to Switch Off Their Television Set And Do Something Less Boring Instead. These days that's dropped to a quarter. More than half of TV viewers will just switch to a less-offensive channel, while 16 per cent can't even be bothered to reach for the remote control. ®
COMMENTS
Offensive Content
I'll always turn over/off when offensive content comes on :
- 'Big Brother' and anything like it,
- Anything with 'Celebrity' in the title,
- Party political broadcasts.
Sex? Not enough on to get offended.
Re: What about adverts
Did you know pre-watershed nudity IS allowed?
its all about context...
That is what is great about the UK, while we are seen as prudish, in actual fact we're more concerned about violence than nudity, and if its non sexual, then nudity is often acceptable!
I don't mind my sons seeing nudity on TV, but I would care about them watching a sex scene, even if there was no nudity!
It is all about context!
Oh and I totally agree, keep those sexually charged adverts for later at night, it makes more sense...
Who needs smutty telly these days?
Wirelessly delivered broadband and laptops/tablets means you can be sat on the sofa with the telly on but still be ogling everything from celebrity nip-slips to goats being fisted by chimps in rubber.
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On reflection, I should have finished that sentence a bit earlier :(
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