청소년시청보호시간대제도의 법적 쟁점에 관한 검토

There are two methods for juvenile protection under current media law. Two kinds of methods are restriction broadcasting hour and rating system of media materials. This paper is mainly on restriction broadcasting hour based on the current juvenile protection act. In addition, this paper reviews legal controls over broadcasting hour in foreign countries and suggests legislative improvement in our legal system. Restrictions of broadcasting for juvenile protection cause restrictions of basic rights related person, such as a freedom of expression of program producers, broadcasters and adults. For the constitutional allowance of legal controls over broadcasting for juvenile protection, principle of void for vagueness and principle of proportionality must be observed. And the effectiveness of legal system should be secured. To achieve this, our current media law need improvement, for example standard of media materials harmful to juveniles, age of juveniles and time range of restriction broadcasting. And eventually, increased self-regulations of family and broadcasters are needed.