[00:03.68]Unit11 The Media Lesson4 What's in the Papers?
[00:09.55]A According to a research published
[00:12.07]by Leeds University yesterday,
[00:14.27]people don't mind bad language
[00:16.36]on television as long as it is not used
[00:18.43]in programmes watched by children.
[00:20.87]The study found there was "amazing agreement"
[00:23.72]about when bad language was serious
[00:25.98]and when it was not.
[00:27.55]Even a group of mothers agreed
[00:28.91]that a certain amount of bad language
[00:30.84]in the well- known film Pulp Fiction
[00:33.27]was "OK" becuase the dialogue
[00:34.94]and situation made it "funny".
[00:37.04]Some people said they found the use of drugs
[00:39.16]in the film more worrring than the bad language
[00:42.56]People were asked to comment on scenes
[00:44.81]from films like Pulp Fiction,
[00:47.04]TV series like Channel 4's Brookside
[00:49.62]and cartoons like South Park.
[00:51.86]Leeds University concluded that people
[00:53.94]made a distinction between bad language used
[00:56.26]in programmes for adults,
[00:57.83]and those meant for children.
[00:59.81]Peter Moore, a writer at the BBC,said,
[01:02.75]"The result does not surprise us at all.
[01:05.02]We have always tried to keep bad language away
[01:07.15]from innocent ears
[01:08.73]and this is a very important consideration
[01:11.43]when deciding at what times
[01:13.10]of day certain programmes are shown."
[01:15.20]Susan Bold, director of programmes at ITV,
[01:18.11]said,"The report gives interesting information
[01:20.82]about attitudes to bad language on screen.
[01:23.42]But it doesn't mean
[01:24.06]that we can increase the amount
[01:26.30]of bad language ued on television."
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