Say Yes for Censorship!

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Television is like the world which everything can be watched. Many programs
can be watched such as film, competition movie, concert, advertisement, and news.
Everything can be seen when watching television is in my home. Television can
influences someone to do something bad or something good. Sometimes, television
helps teacher to teach to student whom helps student to study. The information, get from
television, is important for learning and teaching. In Indonesia, The information
sometimes has something which is forbidden to watch. Watching something bad is on
television, therefore, it is influences children in future. How can prevent it? Answer is
censorship. The terms of censorship is all about policy what can people seeing or what
can people listening. Censorship can be due by Indonesia censorship of film institution.
Sometimes, it is debate in Indonesia. Some actors reject it because of artistic. It is
curbed freedom of expression but it is filter of programs. I argue that supported
censorship programs on television are really important.
Censorship protect viewer from violence program. According to Gifford (2010),
Censorship is the attempt to stop people from accessing material that are seen as
inappropriate or harmful. Violence can be classified as sexual violence, sadistic
violence, and death violence. Petley argue that guide lines do, however, contain a useful
list of types of material which are most likely to face cuts namely:

Material which promote illegal activity.

Material which is obscene or otherwise illegal.
Material created by means of commission of criminal offence.
Portrayals of children in a sexualized or abusive context.
Sexual violence or sexualized violence which endorses or eroticizes the

behavior.
Sadistic violence or torture which invites the viewer to identify with the

perpetrator in way which raises a risk of harm.

Graphic images of real injury, violence or death presented in salacious or
sensationalist manner which risk harm by encouraging callous or sadistic

attitudes.
Sex works which contain material listed as unacceptable at RI8.

The material which cuts is containing violence. As you can see, the violence must be
protect from child.
In addition, the risk of violence is harmful for the child. The parent knows how
dangerous violence is for children. It helps the parent to protect their child. Sometimes,
they cannot sit beside them to watch television whole day. Vera (18 years old as cited in
Gifford, 2013) says When I go to the cinema, I want to be entertained, to escape from
ugliness of real life. Nowadays, you see sex, drug and violence at the movie which
leads to a rise in crime. I believe all this fifth should be banned from our screen. In
future, the child that will indentify it is dangerous. Someone who punches and attacks a
person is interest to watch but it is painful for child. In Indonesia, Violence is dangerous
so it must be forbidden for the child.
It clears programs on television from porn content or sexual violence content.
Hughes(1990, as cited in Gottfried, 2006) states that porn content can be classified as
obscenity, child pornography, harmful to the minor, broadcast indecency, erotic and
semi-nude. Herman (2008) argue that electronic cinema, film, drama, music or clip
music, reality show and advertisement are contain porn content. Porn content is
dangerous for child. The American Humanist (2012) states that porn is problematic. It
is an exhausting issue with an unending debate that deeply divides us. An obvious
obstruction to dealing with the issue of pornography lies in the publics inability to
collectively identify what this ambiguous entity is. Many people confuse porn for a
cheaper, less refined form of erotica, but the two are fundamentally different. While
both are forms of sexual representation, pornography is defined by the abuse and
degradation of the people involved. because of porn, your life broken. The porn will be
influences you to do masturbation and to do rape a woman. It is very dangerous for
human life then it influences the brain. When someone has been married to you. The
porn affects your life never happy with your date. It directs you which are divorce. After
that, your life is broken. To the child, it is very dangerous. Porn will be influences
greater rather than adult. It can be created child become criminal. So, Censorship protect
human from porn content to save your future.
It selects good film that shows on television. However, it is not curbed freedom
of expression. The censorship was done by Indonesia censorship of film institution. The
Censorship film could consequent which will agree film, cut part of film, and reject it

(8th Act Republic of Indonesia 1992 about film). The film that was shown on television
is passed censor. This is very important, because it has positive impact; the film also
has a negative impact, so that the necessary role of Indonesia censorship of film
institution as a final filter on the work of the film before it was shown. Therefore, all the
films shown to the public, especially of a commercial nature should pass the sensor,
including all performances and or screening on television, both channels of free
television and pay television (Nainggolan, 2014). It helps protecting child from bad
content. As you can see, good film that has selected by Indonesia censorship of film
institution is shown on television.
The censorship decides how old is to watch the program on television. Each
person cant watch all television programs. There were filter to select who can watch
this film. Both Indonesia censorship of film institution, and Indonesia broadcasting
commission selected who someone could watch the movie. They made a choice of age
to watch the movie. The classification or the classification of the event defined by the
KPI that classification P, for Pre-school, aged 2 to 6 years. Classification A, for children,
age 7 to 12 years. R classification, for teens, ages 13 to 17 years. Classification D, for
adults, aged over 18 years. Classification SU, for all ages, above 2 years. (Lembaga
Penyiaran Wajib Siarkan Klasifikasi Acara, 2012). As a result, everybody cant watch
all television programs what is classified by age.
The censorship avoids hostility which creates social harmony in society.
Indonesia had more than 740 ethnics (Hanifah, 2008). The risk of divorce was bigger
than another country. There were 6 religions in Indonesia. They were Islamic, Christian,
Buddhist, Hinduism, Conghuchu.

Broadcasting is forbidden about calumny, violence

and debating about ethnic in Indonesia (32th Act Republic of Indonesia 2002 about
broadcasting). Because of unity, Television does not broadcast about debating religion.
The debating religion affect divorced so broadcasting about religions is forbidden.
The censorship which protects the child is useful. It helps parent to save their
child from violence and pornography content. The content is harmful for child in future.
Then, the censorship helps to select and to classify the content. The last, it helps saving
social harmony. As a result, the censorship is needed in Indonesia.

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