Controversial Media

Films:
Woman in black (2012) -

"Arthur Kipps, a lawyer, is recently widowed and grieving the loss of his wife when he is sent to a remote village to put a deceased eccentric's affairs in order. Soon after his arrival, it becomes clear that the villagers are hiding a terrible secret. Kipps discovers that his late client's house is haunted by the spirit of a woman who is trying to find someone and something she lost, and that no one -- not even the children -- is safe from her terrible wrath." 
Originally awarded a 15 certificate it was lowered to a 12a after cuts were made. The film is a thriller/horror that features gore, jump scares, and death. The low certificate paired with the main star Daniel Radcliffe who was of Harry Potter fame (a series popular with children) lead to many children seeing the film who were then extremely scared as they were expecting something like Harry Potter, not a horror film. This lead to an outcry from parents and the media that the film was too scary for such a low certificate.


TV show:
Game of Thrones-

"George R.R. Martin's best-selling book series "A Song of Ice and Fire" is brought to the screen as HBO sinks its considerable storytelling teeth into the medieval fantasy epic. It's the depiction of two powerful families -- kings and queens, knights and renegades, liars and honest men -- playing a deadly game for control of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, and to sit atop the Iron Throne." 
Advertised as a fantasy series full of dragons, in the first episode alone there was incest, sexual assault explicit sex and violence. The story-lines often rely on sexual assault and one of the characters fell in love with their abuser and were married. This caused a stir as victims of sexual assault were worried that this would lead to the normalisation of  sexual assault and may convince victims of spousal sexual violence that what they were going though is normal and they just have to learn to love it, meaning they don't get help and get out of an abusive relationship.

Game:
Pokemon Go - 

An augmented reality game that allows people to walk around in the real world catching pokemon and battling gyms. The Pokémon series has always been somewhat controversial in mega christian circles and PETA claiming it encourages slavery, animal abuse, violence, and is the work of the devil. However Pokémon Go caused a media storm when it was released as people were using in game features to lure people to them to be mugged, children were going out at night in unsafe areas, people were falling down and injuring themselves, driving whilst playing, walking into busy streets, and in some cases finding dead bodies. People thought the app was making people brainless and reckless. Parents and Childline said that the app was unsafe and allowed their children to be victimised. They called for the app to be removed from the market and made safer before being put back up, Niantic never took the app down and as they hype quietened so did the parents but for 48 hours, it definitely caused a Moral Panic