Film Consumption and Censorship Pre- and Post-COVID-19 Global Pandemic: A Comparison on Undergraduate Perspective in The Bahamas

This time comparison research probes the views of undergraduate students enrolled in communication and media studies courses at The College of The Bahamas and the University of The Bahamas. The object of the probe is to gauge the undergraduates’ perceptions of film consumption, film censorship, and classification, pre and post the COVID-19 pandemic. The two cohorts of students were interrogated on their viewing of films at a public venue or in private, and at what frequencies in each sphere; how respondents determine the need for censorship as a means of protecting any necessary segment of the general public from harmful or undesirable elements in films, and their views on the effectiveness of the current system of film classification. This study adds to research in the field of media in The Bahamas, and in some way begins to narrow the gap in the literature on film consumption and censorship in this complex and diverse age of cinema-going.