{"id":18087,"date":"2025-10-21T16:13:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T15:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/library\/audience-perspectives-on-harmful-and-offensive-media-content\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T13:40:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T12:40:30","slug":"audience-perspectives-on-harmful-and-offensive-media-content","status":"publish","type":"library","link":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/library\/audience-perspectives-on-harmful-and-offensive-media-content\/","title":{"rendered":"Audience Perspectives on Harmful and Offensive  Media Content"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnam.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Audience_Perspectives_full_report-ENG.pdf\"><em>Audience Perspectives on Harmful and Offensive Media Content<\/em><\/a> is research conducted by Coimisi\u00fan na Me\u00e1n and the Irish Film Classification Office (IFCO), with the Ombudsman for Children\u2019s Office designing and facilitating the focus groups for children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This research examines the attitudes of adults and children to content on television, radio, cinema, home entertainment and video-on-demand services. 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