Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents by New Zealand. Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents
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When crime serials are broadcast it should be made obvious that crime does not pay. A married woman might well be included on the auditioning panel. Even if the Service does all these things, the major responsibility will still rest upon the parents, who should select their children's programmes and see that their listening hours are reasonably restricted. =(4) Press Advertising= An examination of advertisements in New Zealand newspapers during recent years clearly shows how far the bounds of propriety have been extended. What was a generation ago considered improper is now generally accepted as a subject for display. Advertisements, more and more based on sex attraction, horror, and crime, occupy a large and increasing proportion of all advertising. Because this trend is obviously objectionable to a section of the community, such advertising must partially fail in its object of attracting. In addition, this advertising may be harmful to those juveniles and adolescents with whom this Committee is primarily concerned. Advertisers should, in their own interests, raise their standards--perhaps by establishing a voluntary Advisory Council similar to that in the United Kingdom. =(5) Television= |
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