The Hayes Code

The Hayes code was created in the 1920's by Hollywood and is a way of censoring media texts.

This was created because people believed that if certain behaviour was conveyed on screen, passive

mass audiences would imitate this behaviour, and so therefore it should not be shown on screen as it

was felt people should not act this way in real life.

Things that the Hayes code stopped from being shown where:

• White slavery
• scenes of actual childbirth
• using words such as Christ,Lord and God in a rude way.
• Misuse of the American flag
• Ridicule of the clergy
• Showing leg above the knee.