1.0Harvard Gazettehttps://news.harvard.edu/gazettegazetteimporthttps://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/author/gazetteimport/Study finds 'ratings creep' — Harvard Gazetterich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="kHLlCuYtym"><a href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2004/07/study-finds-ratings-creep/">Study finds ‘ratings creep’</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2004/07/study-finds-ratings-creep/embed/#?secret=kHLlCuYtym" width="600" height="338" title="“Study finds ‘ratings creep’” — Harvard Gazette" data-secret="kHLlCuYtym" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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Violence, sex, and profanity increased significantly in movies between 1992 and 2003, according to a study by researchers from the Kids Risk Project at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). Kimberly Thompson, associate professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at HSPH and director of the Kids Risk Project, said, The findings demonstrate that ratings creep has occurred over the last decade and that todays movies contain significantly more violence, sex, and profanity on average than movies of the same rating a decade ago.