Not in front of the children : "indecency," censorship, and the innocence of youth /

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From Huckleberry Finn to Harry Potter, from Internet filters to the v-chip, censorship exercised on behalf of children and adolescents is often based on the assumption that they must be protected from “indecent” information that might harm their development—whether in art, in literature, or on a Web...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Heins, Marjorie
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2007]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Censorship > United States > History > 20th century.
National characteristics, American > History > 20th century.
Obscenity (Law) > United States.
Youth > United States > Social conditions > 20th century.
Jeunesse > États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
Censorship
Moral conditions
National characteristics, American
Obscenity (Law)
Youth > Social conditions
United States > Moral conditions > History > 20th century.
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • "To deprave and corrupt"
  • More emetic than aphrodisiac
  • The great and mysterious motive force in human life
  • Policing the airwaves
  • The reign of decency
  • The ideological minefield : sexuality education
  • Indecency law on trial : Reno v. ACLU
  • Filtering fever
  • Cultural differences
  • Media effects
  • Conclusion : "The ethical, and moral development of youth."

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