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...called the Family Hours, generally between 7:00 and 10:00 but that changed to 7:00 to 9:00 sometime in the 1980s. It meant that networks did not broadcast shows that contained violence or sexual content before the later hour (Lavers, 2002). In the 1990s that all changed with networks increasing what the Parents television Council calls the "raunch factor" (Lavers, 2002, p. 68). Between 2000 and 2002, this 'raunch' factor increased by 70 percent during these hours (Lavers, 2002). Television shows that would have barely made it in the 10:00 slot were being shown at 8:00 (Lavers, 2002).
A study by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) found that entertainment industriesluding music, film and television had "routinely and illegitimately target-marketed violent entertainment directly to adolescents and preadolescents" (Lavers, 2002, p. 68). The industries denied doing so, of course (Lavers, 2002). The fact is that by the time reaches...