Content rating explained

A content rating (also known as maturity rating)^{[1] [2]} rates the suitability of TV shows, movies, comic books, or video games to this primary targeted audience.^{[3] [4] [5]} A content rating usually places a media source into one of a number of different categories, to show which age group is suitable to view media and entertainment. The individual categories include the stated age groups within the category, along with all ages greater than the ages of that category.

See also

Film

• Motion picture content rating system
  • MPA film rating system
  • Canadian Home Video Rating System
  • Maritime Film Classification Board
  • British Board Of Film Classification

Television

• Television content rating system
  • Federal Communications Commission
  • TV Parental Guidelines
  • United States pay television content advisory system

Video games

• Video game content rating system
  • Entertainment Software Rating Board
  • Videogame Rating Council
  • Pan European Game Information
  • Computer Entertainment Rating Organization
  • On Protecting Children from Information Harmful to Their Health and Development (Russia)

Internet

• Content-control software
  • Internet Content Rating Association
  • Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection – RTA "Restricted to Adults" label
  • Platform for Internet Content Selection
  • Internet Watch Foundation – maintains a website blacklist

Comics

• Comics Code Authority
  • Marvel Rating System
  • DC Comics rating system
    • • Viz Media Manga distribution rating system Tokyopop American Manga rating system
  • Image Comics rating system

Music

• RIAA's Parental Advisory

Legal means of content regulation and prohibition

• United States obscenity law
• Communications Decency Act
• Miller test
• Dost test

Various

• Thematic elements – for content that is not specifically covered by generic content rating systems (e.g., grief)
• Australian Classification Board
• Brazilian advisory rating system
• Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons (Germany)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Maturity ratings for TV shows and movies on Netflix.
2. Web site: s Maturity ratings - English - Second Life Community.
3. Web site: Motion Picture Association of America Film Rating System. 2016-02-11. www.mpaa.org.
4. Web site: Rating categories, content descriptors, and interactive elements from ESRB. www.esrb.org. 2016-02-11.
5. Web site: PEGI Pan European Game Information - What are these ratings?. www.pegi.info. 2016-02-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20160208175109/http://www.pegi.info/en/index/id/23. 2016-02-08. dead.