During my childhood, state television broadcasting was intermittantly interrupted by an assemblage of information films produced by various public authorities. Swedish viewers were warned about the harmful effects of alcohol, about the importance of wearing a life jacket when at sea and, in addition to this, we were provided with information about various laws, of which the ordinary citizen needs to be aware in her day-to-day life. The content was presented in a slightly amusing, but still very admonitory way. I present to you: anslagstavlan!
I don't watch Swedish TV that often anymore, but I wonder whether this form of state paternalism still exists. Maybe it does.
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