Ryan Stonebraker, 12, of Waukee, Iowa, plays the video game, The House of The Dead, Thursday, at the Laser X arcade in Des Moines. The realism of some shooting games has anti-violence groups concerned. (AP Photo/Rodney White)
After a yearlong investigation, federal regulators will release a report today that’s expected to harshly criticize the entertainment industry for marketing violent material to children.
The report by the Federal Trade Commission concludes the movie, video game and music industries routinely try to sell adult-rated products to young people.
The report says that even movies rated R — which require an adult to accompany children under 17 to the theater — and video games that carry an M rating for people age 17 and over are aggressively advertised on television shows and in magazines and other publications that appeal to young people.
The conclusions are derived in part from documents submitted by the industry itself, including marketing plans that demonstrate the efforts of companies to advertise to young audiences materials designated for adults, said sources familiar with the report,...
