Marketing and Self-Regulation
Federal Trade Commission Report on Industry Actions
In September 2000, the Federal Trade Commission issued a report requested by the President and Congress titled Marketing Violent Entertainment to Children: A Review of Self-Regulation and Industry Practices in the Motion Picture, Music Recording & Electronic Game Industries. That report found that these entertainment industries had engaged in widespread marketing of violent movies, music, and electronic games to children that was inconsistent with the cautionary messages of their own parental advisories and that undermined parents’ attempts to make informed decisions about their children’s exposure to violent content. In addition, the Commission found that advertisements for such projects frequently failed…
