Cynthia Chris

The Indecent Screen

Regulating Television in the Twenty-First Century

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Produktbeschreibung

Explores clashes over indecency in broadcast television among US-based media advocates, television professionals, the Federal Communications Commission, and TV audiences. Cynthia Chris focuses on the decency debates during an approximately twenty-year period since the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which restructured the media environment.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9780813594071
• ISBN-10: 0813594073
• Artikelnr.: 52713878

Autorenporträt

Chris, Cynthia

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Chronology
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: What We Talk About When We Talk About Television and
Indecency
1          A Brief History of Indecency in Media in the Twentieth Century
2          Targeting Television in the Twenty-First Century
3          Television: More or Less?
4          Bleeps and Other Obscenities
5          Who's Afraid of Dick Smart? The Body Politic, Public Access, and
the Punitive State
Conclusion: The Future of Indecency, and Why It Matters
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index