This volume contains the responses of thousands of parents and young people to the age-based and content-based television ratings. It reports on the analyses of ratings from several thousand television shows. It Identifies the process by which these ratings came into being and compares them with parallel content rating systems in other countries, In addition to examining related experimental studies. Also included are interviews with a chief rater at a broadcast network and a member of the national ratings oversight body.

This volume contains the responses of thousands of parents and young people to the age-based and content-based television ratings. It reports on the analyses of ratings from several thousand television shows. It Identifies the process by which these ratings came into being and compares them with parallel content rating systems in other countries, In addition to examining related experimental studies. Also included are interviews with a chief rater at a broadcast network and a member of the national ratings oversight body.