BSA report: What Not to Swear

Posted Tuesday 15 Jun 2010

The Broadcasting Standards authority have released the findings of a national survey designed to measure how acceptable the public finds the use of swear words, blasphemies and other expletives in broadcasting. The survey was carried out among 1500 members of the general public aged 18 and over. A total of 31 words were presented to respondents across 10 different contexts and results are compared to similar surveys carried out in 2005 and 1999. To download the full report, visit the Broadcasting Standards Authority website.