Do You Know What Your Children Watched Last Night?

Overview

Objectives/Goals To find out wether movie theaters in LA county have the necesary methods in place to prevent children under age from watching movies that are not appropiate for them,due to violence,explicit sexual scenes or foul language. Methods/Materials 18 cineplexes were picked and theaters were graded accordingm to the way their security r4esponded to 3 different situations. 1- Can a 12 year old child buy tickets ffor an R[Rated movie without her parents present? 2.-Can she come into a room were R Rated movies are being watched unscorted without being stopped? 3.-Can she stayed in the room.watched the movie without being asked to step out? Results 1.-9/18 (50% of theaters did not sell R-rated movie tickets to us. 2.-5/18 (28%) theatres had security guards at the entrance of the movie and did not allow the children in. 3.-13/18 (72%) allowed children to stay in the theater while watching the R-rated movie. Conclusions/Discussion In conclusion i think i proved my hpothesis to be corect : that the theaters in general lack a good security system to prevent children from wathcing R- Rated movies. That the voluntary system does not work because parents trust a system that is faultly or does not exist abd most do not understand.

Competition history

• CSEF 2002 Social Sciences (Junior Division Only) · Entry J1714

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