The movie "PG-13 designation" includes more shooting scenes than "R designation"

ByCristian Muñoz

For video work, each country has a rating system that restricts the age of viewers who can see the work. In the United States, MPAA of the movie examination agency has stipulated "NC - 17 designation", "R designation", "PG - 13 designation" and "PG designation" in order from the strictest one, but it is defined as "PG - 13 designation" I noticed that the movie contained more "Gun Violence" than the movie of "R designation".

The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania - Gun Violence in PG - 13 Movies Continues to Climb Past R - Rated Films
http://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/gun-violence-in-pg-13-movies-continues-to-climb-past-r-rated-films/

A movie of "R designation" established by the MPAA of the United States is that "a 17 year old minor can not enter unless a guardian is accompanied." On the other hand, "PG-13 designation" is regulated more loosely than "R designation" at the attention calling level, "a young person under the age of 13 needs strong consent of the guardian at the time of entry" .

However, according to a survey conducted by the University of Pennsylvania, a movie with "PG-13 designation" that is looser restricted than "R designation" has more "gun violence scenes" than "R designated movies" I found that it contains.

The graph below shows the transition of the ratio of gun-based violence scenes included in one hour "in" R designation "and" PG-13 designation "movies from 1985 to 2015. The red color indicates "R designation", black designates "PG - 13 designation", and the gray area indicates "95% confidence interval specified by PG - 13".


When looking at the graph, "R designation" always keeps a value slightly lower than 2.25% since 1985, "PG-13 designation" starts increasing from about 2003, and in 2012 "R designation" , And it continues to increase after that, reaching about 2.75% in 2015.

The survey team says, "The fact that the number of shooting scenes in movies designated by PG-13 is increasing is that it is time to put children in any age into the movie theater by watching PG-13 movies, and that the shooting scenes It is said that parents who watch the movie including including them increased and it is said that such parents are not doing too much not to show the shooting scenes to children. Furthermore, "Although the scene of smoking and drinking that is likely to affect adolescent children's behavior is few in movies that can be seen in families, shooting scenes are not that limit."