Deborah L. Jaramillo

The Television Code

Regulating the Screen to Safeguard the Industry

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Produktbeschreibung

Revisiting early debates about TV content and censorship from industry and government perspectives, this book recounts the development of the Television Code, the TV counterpart to the Hays Motion Picture Production Code.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 570g
• ISBN-13: 9781477316443
• ISBN-10: 1477316442
• Artikelnr.: 52413789

Autorenporträt

Deborah L. Jaramillo is an associate professor of television studies at Boston University. She is the author of Ugly War, Pretty Package: How CNN and FOX News Made the Invasion of Iraq High Concept.

Inhaltsangabe

* Illustrations
* Abbreviations
* Acknowledgments
* Introduction: The Television Code and the Trade Association
* 1. Regulatory Precedents before Television: The Government and the
NAB Experiment with Radio
* 2. Distinguishing Television from Radio via the Trade Association:
The Rise and Fall of the Television Broadcasters Association
* 3. The Industry Talks about a Television Code: Discourses of Decency,
Self-Regulation, and Medium Specificity
* 4. The Television Audience Speaks Out: Viewer Complaints and the
Demand for Government Intervention
* 5. The Federal Communications Commission: Impotent Bureaucrats,
Underhanded Censors, or Exasperated Intermediaries?
* 6. Senator William Benton Challenges the Commercial Television
Paradigm
* Conclusion: After the Code
* Appendix A. The Television Code: Section on “Acceptability of Program
Material”
* Appendix B. The Television Code: Section on “Decency and Decorum in
Production”
* Notes
* Bibliography
* Index