New Ofcom report on audiences attitudes towards sex and violence on TV (UK)
Summary
The audience stresses the positive role of television in depicting violence UKs communications regulator Ofcom looked at the audiences perception of sex and violence on linear TV and on-demand services in a new report published on 31 October 2023. While respondents feel that the level of sex and violence on TV has increased and intensified, with more graphic and realistic portrayal, people tend to underline the positive role played by TV in countering the potential negative impact of such content. - Viewers see TV programmes as "less likely to include gender stereotyping, objectification of women or uncritical depictions of exploitative relationships" than before. - On-demand services - where no watershed applies but where the users active selection is required - are expected to have more edgier content. - The audience tends to wrongly assume that all on-demand services providers are regulated under the UK Broadcasting Code.