By Gillian West

Television viewers and radio listeners are becoming less tolerant of discriminatory language, Ofcom has revealed.

The first study of audience attitudes from the broadcasting regulator since 2010, revealed racist or discriminatory words were considered to be harder hitting and carry more emotional impact than ‘general’ swear words.

Looking at 144 words, the study showed participants recent clips from Big Brother and Don’t Tell The Bride as well as older excerpts from Father Ted and Fawlty Towers in a bid to explore what people were likely to find unacceptable and why.

Tony Close, director of content standards at Ofcom, commented: “People Read full story ›

Source: The Drum