Censor boxes, such as the one above, may be used along with the bleeps to prevent the audience from lip reading the swearer's words. Above, the animation says "Oh-", followed by the censor.
Bleeping has been used for many years as a means of censoring TV and radio programs to remove content not deemed suitable for "family", "daytime", "broadcasting", or "international" viewing, as well as sensitive classified information for security.[2] The bleep censor is a software module, manually operated by a broadcast technician.[3] A bleep is sometimes accompanied by a digital blur or box over the speaker's mouth in cases where the removed speech may still be easily understood by lip reading.[4]
On closed caption subtitling, bleeped words are usually represented by "[bleep]", "[expletive]", "[censored]", "[explicit]", or the profanities with letters substituted with asterisks non-letter symbols, called grawlixes.[citation needed] Where open captions are used (generally in instances where the speaker is not easily understood), a blank is used where the word is bleeped. Occasionally, bleeping is not reflected in the captions, allowing the unedited dialogue to be seen.[citation needed] Sometimes, a "black bar" can be seen for closed caption bleep.[5][better source needed]
Other uses of bleeping may include reality television, infomercials, game shows and daytime/late night talk shows, where the bleep conceals personally identifying information such as ages, surnames, addresses/hometowns, phone numbers, and attempts to advertise a personal business without advanced or appropriate notice, in order to maintain the subject's privacy (as seen for subjects arrested in episodes of COPS).[6][better source needed]
On television
Bleeping is commonly used on television programs that use profane words that are forbidden to television networks. Adult comedies use bleep censors to block strong profanities that cannot be used on television, or to allow the content to be broadcast before the watershed in many countries.[citation needed] The 2008 series The Middleman, which aired on the ABC Family network, included the occasional profanity in dialogue, which was bleeped for humorous purposes (with a black bar or a fuzzy image superimposed over the speaker's mouth). Very rarely, the bleep will be light enough to hear the swear word over it.
During a playing of Scenes From a Hat from the 100th episode of the U.S. version of Whose Line Is It Anyway?, one notable scene was "Statements that will get bleeped by the censor." For each word to be bleeped out that was used by Wayne Brady, Greg Proops, and Colin Mochrie (in that order), a red bar was placed over their mouths with the word "CENSORED" in white text.
On April 21st, 2010, the South Park episode 201 aired, which bleeped out all mentions of Muhammad and covered him with a box that says Censored due to death threats.
Regulations
Advertising in the United Kingdom
Under the Ofcom guidelines, television and radio commercials are not allowed to use bleeps to obscure swearing under BACC/CAP guidelines. However, this does not apply to program trailers or cinema advertisements and "fuck" is bleeped out of two cinema advertisements for Johnny Vaughan's Capital FM show and the cinema advertisement for the Family Guy season 5 DVD.[citation needed] An advert for esure insurance released in October 2007 uses the censor bleep, as well as a black star placed over the speaker's mouth, to conceal the name of a competitor company the speaker said she used to use.[citation needed] The Comedy Central advert for South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut had a version of "Kyle's Mom's a Bitch" where vulgarities were bleeped out, though the movie itself did not have censorship, and was given a 15 rating, despite a high amount of foul language.[citation needed]
A Barnardo's ad, released in summer 2007, has two versions: one where a boy can be heard saying "fuck off" four times which is restricted to "18" rated cinema screenings, and one where a censor bleep sound obscures the profanity which is still restricted to "15" and "18" rated films.[7] Neither is permitted on UK television.
Trailers for programs containing swearing are usually bleeped until well after the watershed, and it is very rare for any trailer to use the most severe swearwords uncensored.[citation needed]
^Robb, David (2016-03-10). "News Networks Should Stop Bleeping The Shit Out of Trump's Speeches". Deadline. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
^Ratcliff, Ace (10 July 2018). "I Rely On Closed Captions to Enjoy a Show And I Don't Appreciate Netflix's Way of Censoring Them". SELF. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
^Taberski, Dan (2019-06-18). "Opinion | Is the Show 'Cops' Committing Crimes Itself?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
^Mark Sweney, "Probe into Barnardo's F-word ads", The Guardian, 5 July 2007
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Bleep censor news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article possibly contains original research Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations Statements consisting only of original research should be removed April 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message A bleep censor is the replacement of a profanity or classified information with a beep sound usually a 1000 Hz tone help info in television and radio It is mainly used in the United Kingdom citation needed Canada citation needed the United States 1 Australia New Zealand Hong Kong and Japan citation needed Contents 1 Usage 2 On television 3 Regulations 3 1 Advertising in the United Kingdom 4 See also 5 ReferencesUsage Edit Censor boxes such as the one above may be used along with the bleeps to prevent the audience from lip reading the swearer s words Above the animation says Oh followed by the censor Bleeping has been used for many years as a means of censoring TV and radio programs to remove content not deemed suitable for family daytime broadcasting or international viewing as well as sensitive classified information for security 2 The bleep censor is a software module manually operated by a broadcast technician 3 A bleep is sometimes accompanied by a digital blur or box over the speaker s mouth in cases where the removed speech may still be easily understood by lip reading 4 On closed caption subtitling bleeped words are usually represented by bleep expletive censored explicit or the profanities with letters substituted with asterisks non letter symbols called grawlixes citation needed Where open captions are used generally in instances where the speaker is not easily understood a blank is used where the word is bleeped Occasionally bleeping is not reflected in the captions allowing the unedited dialogue to be seen citation needed Sometimes a black bar can be seen for closed caption bleep 5 better source needed Other uses of bleeping may include reality television infomercials game shows and daytime late night talk shows where the bleep conceals personally identifying information such as ages surnames addresses hometowns phone numbers and attempts to advertise a personal business without advanced or appropriate notice in order to maintain the subject s privacy as seen for subjects arrested in episodes of COPS 6 better source needed On television EditBleeping is commonly used on television programs that use profane words that are forbidden to television networks Adult comedies use bleep censors to block strong profanities that cannot be used on television or to allow the content to be broadcast before the watershed in many countries citation needed The 2008 series The Middleman which aired on the ABC Family network included the occasional profanity in dialogue which was bleeped for humorous purposes with a black bar or a fuzzy image superimposed over the speaker s mouth Very rarely the bleep will be light enough to hear the swear word over it During a playing of Scenes From a Hat from the 100th episode of the U S version of Whose Line Is It Anyway one notable scene was Statements that will get bleeped by the censor For each word to be bleeped out that was used by Wayne Brady Greg Proops and Colin Mochrie in that order a red bar was placed over their mouths with the word CENSORED in white text On April 21st 2010 the South Park episode 201 aired which bleeped out all mentions of Muhammad and covered him with a box that says Censored due to death threats Regulations EditAdvertising in the United Kingdom Edit Under the Ofcom guidelines television and radio commercials are not allowed to use bleeps to obscure swearing under BACC CAP guidelines However this does not apply to program trailers or cinema advertisements and fuck is bleeped out of two cinema advertisements for Johnny Vaughan s Capital FM show and the cinema advertisement for the Family Guy season 5 DVD citation needed An advert for esure insurance released in October 2007 uses the censor bleep as well as a black star placed over the speaker s mouth to conceal the name of a competitor company the speaker said she used to use citation needed The Comedy Central advert for South Park Bigger Longer amp Uncut had a version of Kyle s Mom s a Bitch where vulgarities were bleeped out though the movie itself did not have censorship and was given a 15 rating despite a high amount of foul language citation needed A Barnardo s ad released in summer 2007 has two versions one where a boy can be heard saying fuck off four times which is restricted to 18 rated cinema screenings and one where a censor bleep sound obscures the profanity which is still restricted to 15 and 18 rated films 7 Neither is permitted on UK television Trailers for programs containing swearing are usually bleeped until well after the watershed and it is very rare for any trailer to use the most severe swearwords uncensored citation needed See also EditExpurgation Family Viewing Hour Grawlix Minced oath Pixelization Profanity Radio edit Sanitization classified information Self censorship Tape delay broadcasting Beep song a 2006 song by The Pussycat Dolls which incorporates bleeps see also the 2010 3OH 3 song Touchin on My I Bet You They Won t Play This Song on the Radio a song by Eric Idle that uses comic sound effects for many bleeps The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet an American talk show that in 2008 gained notoriety for using a variation of the bleep censor dubbed a bleep photo References Edit Laine Carolee 2017 Book Banning and Other Forms of Censorship Minneapolis Minnesota Abdo Publishing p 74 ISBN 9781680782837 Bustillos Maria 2013 08 27 Curses The birth of the bleep and modern American censorship The Verge Retrieved 2019 08 20 Bleep censor dictionary definition bleep censor defined www yourdictionary com Retrieved 2019 08 20 Robb David 2016 03 10 News Networks Should Stop Bleeping The Shit Out of Trump s Speeches Deadline Retrieved 2019 08 20 Ratcliff Ace 10 July 2018 I Rely On Closed Captions to Enjoy a Show And I Don t Appreciate Netflix s Way of Censoring Them SELF Retrieved 2019 08 20 Taberski Dan 2019 06 18 Opinion Is the Show Cops Committing Crimes Itself The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2020 02 06 Mark Sweney Probe into Barnardo s F word ads The Guardian 5 July 2007 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bleep censor amp oldid 1131927888, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
