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With reference to at least three films, consider the way reason for and against censorship can be linked to the effects debate, including notions of active/passive audiences  

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With reference to at least three films, consider the way reason for and against censorship can be linked to the effects debate, including notions of active/passive audiences Although people have argued for many years whether audiences worldwide are strongly effected by particular films and whether their actions are controlled by what they are exposed to on screen, they cannot argue that media has an increasing control over our every day lives. Censorship does not only affect what we watch in films but is widely used to restrict and restrain what we are exposed to by the media. It is widely argued whether this actually benefits the people involved, the world. A strong argument from both sides can be expressed and put forward. I will take a closer look into both sides of this argument and expose the strengths and weaknesses of both. The BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) was set up...

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