Rating Systems for Media

Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 47-57

  Cantor, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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RATING SYSTEM;

EID: 20444389850     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-12-387670-2/00255-7     Document Type: Chapter

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16. Movie ratings: http://www.mpaa.org/movieratings.
17. TV ratings: http://www.tvguidelines.org/default.htm.
18. Music advisories: http://www.riaa.com/parents-advisory-5.cfm.
19. Video and computer game ratings: http://www.esrb.org.
20. Arcade Game Parental Advisory System: http://www.coin-op.org/pas.htm.
21. Internet Content Rating Association: http://www.icra.org.
22. Platform for Internet Content Selection: http://www.w3.org/pics.
23. The Netherlands: http://www.nicam.cc.
24. United Kingdom: http://www.bbfc.co.uk.
25. Germany: http://www.fsf.de.